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Surnames: Stone, Larew, Taylor
Classification: Biography
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was a very prominent man in Colorado History...He was the grandson of Benjamin and Sarah
(Larew) Stone, Jr. and son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Taylor) Stone....
Rev. W. G. M. Stone was born in Rising Sun, Ind., September 24, 1832. He received a
scientific education, studying at Oberlin, Ohio and Hillsdale, Mich. At the latter place,
Mr. STONE began the study of theology, completing his studies there in the fall of 1860,
after which he entered the ministry. His first charge was at Cheshire, Ohio, where he
remained but one year. From there Mr. Stone removed to Vevay, Ind., where he remained
until the winter of 1862-63. In June, 1861 he married Miss E. A. Van Duzen, of Racine,
Wis. From Vevay, he was called to the pastorate of the Unitarian Society in Berlin, Wis.,
where he remained about ten years. Mr. Stone came to Denver in the fall of 1872 and
engaged in the work of the ministry. To his efforts the establishment of the Unitarian
Church upon a sound and permanent footing, is mainly due. While Pastor of this society,
their neat and commodious house of worship was erected. In the spring of 1875, Mr. Stone
engaged in the book a!
nd stationery business at Boulder, remaining there until May, 1879, when he purchased the
stock of Richardson & Co., a firm doing business on Larimer Street, in this city and
opened a book store under the firm name of Stone & Co. which is known as one of the
most reliable business houses in Denver carrying a very full and complete stock in their
line, which as the demands of the cultivated and reading people of Denver and the State
require, is constantly increased.
Extracted from History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado
by O. L. Bakin & Nelson Millett
(O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers 1880), page 605 (no photo)
He also went on to become the President of Colorado State Forestry Association from
1903-1916, until his death....He was instumental in getting Colorado State University at
Fort Collins to start a School of Forestry.
The Records of the Colorado State Forestry Association consists of documents dated
1873-1933, with the bulk falling from 1905 to 1916. The collection consists primarily of
the correspondence of William G. M. Stone, who served as president of the CFA from 1903
until his death in 1916. There are numerous letters from prominent conservationists of the
time, including Gifford Pinchot (President Theodore Roosevelt's advisor in
conservation matters, who became head of the U. S. Division of Forestry in 1898); Enos
Mills, a Colorado conservationist instrumental in the creation of Rocky Mountain National
Park; and John P. Brown, editor of Arboriculture magazine. The collection also contains
voluminous correspondence with Colorado conservationists such as Edgar Ensign, Frank (F.
C.) Goudy, William Palmer, Ellsworth Bethel, Edmond van Diest, and C. K. McHarg.
http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/agriculture/acfa.html
He also wrote a book on Colorado...
STONE, W. G. M. Colorado Hand-Book: Denver and Its Outings, a Guide for Tourists and Book
of General Information, with Some Bits of Early History. Denver, 1892. Folding map,
bird’s-eye view of Denver on upper wrap. 12 mo., original printed pictorial wrappers.
Wynar 2374.