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Ward C. Robertson
Ward C. Robertson, manager of the Princess and Rialto Theatres
of Pueblo,
was born in Montrose, Missouri, on the 1st of June, 1874, a son
of Charles and
Elizabeth (Henry) Robertson. The father was a farmer by
occupation and removed
from Montrose, Missouri, to Boonville, that state. In the later
years of his
life he lived retired enjoying the fruits of his former toil,
but both he and
his wife have now passed away, his death occurring in 1894,
while his widow long
survived him, being called to her final rest in 1915.
Ward C. Robertson attended the public schools, but his education
has been
largely acquired in the school of experience. He early began to
earn his own
living and when a boy of but twelve years took up the task of
selling papers in
Kansas City. He was thus engaged from 1886 until 1888 and as he
advanced in
years he felt the necessity of acquainting himself with a trade.
He then learned
the slater's trade at which lie worked for three years, and
subsequently he
followed the grocery business in San Francisco, California, and
at Bisbee,
Arizona. He has been identified with the moving picture business
since 1905.
For four years he has made his home at Pueblo. Under his
direction is
conducted the Rialto Theatre of Pueblo, which is the finest in
the state, and
employment is here given to twenty-eight people. He also has
under his charge
the Princess Theatre and he puts forth every effort to give the
public most
interesting and artistic entertainment.
On the 10th of December, 1903. Mr. Robertson was married to Miss
Abbie May
Shaffer, whose grandfather was one of the pioneers of Missouri,
his place being
known as the old Steel mansion. He engaged in buying horses and
mules for
shipment to Great Britain, these being sent by boat down the
Mississippi river.
Fraternally Mr. Robertson is connected with the Benevolent
Protective Order
of Elks and with the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of
the Commerce
Club of Pueblo and is interested in all that has to do with the
progress and
improvement of the city, cooperating heartily in well defined
plans and projects
for the general good. He is interested in fishing, hunting and
motoring when
business permits of his enjoyment of those things. In all that
he does he is
actuated by a progressive spirit and is greatly esteemed as a
man of genuine
worth. He has done much for the amusement lovers of Pueblo in
the building of
the Rialto and in presenting to the public the high class of
attractions which
are there given. Financial success is attending his efforts in
this direction
and he is now at the head of interests of large extent and
importance.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske,
History of Colorado, volume III. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke
Publishing Company, 1918.
Contributed by Joy Fisher (Dec08)
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