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Joseph Hubert Harris

Birth	:	28 Jul 1890 Ramah, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
Death	:	19 Mar 1980 Redmesa, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Burial	:	Red Mesa Cemetery, Hesperus, La Plata County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.0938000, -108.1740000
Description	:	MY FATHERS LIFE STORY BY IDA ELKINS AT THE AGE OF 13, DAD WAS WORKING AS A COW PUNCHER AT MANCAS, COLORADO, HE HAD TO WALK SEVERAL MILES TO SCHOOL, AND HE HAD NO SHOES. IN THE WINTER HE WOULD WRAP HIS FEET IN GUNNY SACKS SO THEY WOULD NOT FREEZE. HE QUIT SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 14 AND WENT TO WORK TO HELP PUT HIS BROTHER THROUGH SCHOOL. AT THE AGE OF 15 HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE AND GOT A JOB AS A PONY EXPRESS RIDER, FROM CORTEZ COLORADO TO BLUFF CITY UTAH, A DISTANCE OF... Read More	MY FATHERS LIFE STORY BY IDA ELKINS AT THE AGE OF 13, DAD WAS WORKING AS A COW PUNCHER AT MANCAS, COLORADO, HE HAD TO WALK SEVERAL MILES TO SCHOOL, AND HE HAD NO SHOES. IN THE WINTER HE WOULD WRAP HIS FEET IN GUNNY SACKS SO THEY WOULD NOT FREEZE. HE QUIT SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 14 AND WENT TO WORK TO HELP PUT HIS BROTHER THROUGH SCHOOL. AT THE AGE OF 15 HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE AND GOT A JOB AS A PONY EXPRESS RIDER, FROM CORTEZ COLORADO TO BLUFF CITY UTAH, A DISTANCE OF 95 MILES. IT TOOK 14 HOURS TO MAKE THE TRIP ONE WAY, THEY CHANGED HORSES THREE TIMES. HE BOUGHT A NEW PAIR OF SOXS AND BOOTS AND THAT FIRST DAY OUT HIS FEET HURT ALL DAY. HE THOUGHT HIS BOOTS WERE TO SMALL, BUT WHEN HE TOOK THEM OFF THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS PAPER STUFFED IN THE TOE OF HIS SOX. THE HORSES THEY RODE WERE MEAN AND TOUGH AND HAD TO BE TOPPED OUT EVERY MORNING, IN COWBOY LINGO, THIS MEANS TO GET ON AND RIDE UNTIL THEY STOPPED BUCKING. ONE OF THE HORSES DAD RODE WAS A BIG MEAN BUCKSKIN, HE HAD TO USE A HACKMORE, IF HE PUT A BRIDLE ON HER, SHE WOULD REAR OVER BACKWARDS. WHEN THE SAN JUAN RIVER WAS IN FLOOD STAGE, HE HAD TO TAKE A SHORT CUT OVER AN OLD INDIAN TRAIL OVER A MESA AT BLUFF CITY POINT. THIS TRAIL WAS ONE SWITCHBACK AFTER ANOTHER, WITH A JUMP OFF AT EVERY TURN. THIS BUCKSKIN RAN AWAY WITH DAD, DOWN THIS TRAIL, AND IF SHE HAD MISSED A TURN THEY WOULD HAVE ROLLED ABOUT 400 FEET INTO THE CANYON. THE INDIANS WERE BAD AT THIS TIME AND IF A RIDER SHOWED ANY FEAR THEY WOULD ATTACK. THE RIDERS HAD TO CARRY ALL TYPES OF MAIL AND ONE TIME SOMEONE ORDERED ONE OF THOSE BIG FANCEY HATS FROM MONTGOMER WARD. AS ALL THE MAIL HAD TO BE TIED DOWN REAL TIGHT SO THEY WOULDN'T LOOSE IT, THE HAT WAS CRUSHED. DAD SAID HE NEVER HAD TO CARRY ANOTHER ONE. THE YEAR HE WAS 16, HE DROVE A HERD OF HORSES ACROSS THE INDIAN RESERVATION TO BLUE WATER NEW MEXICO, BY HIMSELF.

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Joseph Hubert Harris's memorial is located at: Red Mesa Cemetery, Hesperus, La Plata County, USA.
When did Joseph Hubert Harris death?
Joseph Hubert Harris death on 19 Mar 1980 in Redmesa, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Latitude: 37.0938000
Longitude: -108.1740000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Emma Caroline Hadden Harris

(1890 - 1973)

Siblings

Earl Doyle Harris

(1892 - 1978)

Children

Ida Harris Elkins

(1910 - 2008)

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