Denver Post September 8, 1933 page 4:
James Steck, Denver Pioneer and Son of Famous Judge, Dies
Father Followed Gold Rush Here in '59 and Became Member of Territorial Council and Prominent Citizen; Funeral to Be Monday
James Steck, 75, son of the famous Judge Amous Steck and one of the last original Denver pioneers, died Thursday at his home at 3396 South Logan Street.
Mr. Steck was born in Watertown, Wis., Dec. 31, 1857. His father, a Pennsylvanian, had been to California in the gold rush of 1849. Returning to Pennsylvania he married Sarah McLaughlin, took her to Wisconsin as a bride, and left his family there to follow the new gold rush to Denver in '59.
RECALLS FAMILY REUNION IN 1860.
Miss Isabella M. Steck of 353 Elati street, sister of James Steck and eldest of the family, recalled Friday the family's reunion in Denver in 1860.
"We came out by coach from Wisconsin." she said. " My brother, James, was only 2. My father drove out to meet us in a coach, and I remember having breakfast with him at the old Broadwell house at Sixteenth and Larimer street. Then we walked together to the house my father had built at Seventeenth and Curtis streets, where the Ernest & Cramer building now stands. It was the first house on the street/ We lived there twenty-six years, then we moved to a new house at Thirteenth street and Glenarm place."
Amos Steck was one of pioneer Denver's most famous citizens. He was a member of the territorial council, 1861 to 1863. mayor from '63 to '65, receiver for the federal land office, and was elected county judge in 1874.
He was state senator for two full terms, starting in '89. His first job here was postal clerk in the old Overland Express office, where a remarkable memory made him invaluable. He died here in 1908. His wife survived him six years.
James Steck attended the old public school at Eighteenth and Larimer streets, where the Windsor hotel is now. Later, he attended the old Arapahoe school, then went to Leadville, and returned to ranch on the site of the Denver Country club grounds. He married first in 1880. His first wife died, and then he married Hanna Anderson of Denver forty-six years ago. For more than forty years he ranched south of Denver, but retired eleven years ago.
SERVED SEVEN YEARS WITH HISE COMPANY
He was a member of the Veteran Volunteer Fireman's association. He served seven years with the Woodie Fisher hose company No. 1, until the opening of the paid city department in 1881. For years he was on the Arapahoe county school board.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Hanna Steck; a daughter, Mrs. Ana Newlen of Los Angeles; two sons, George of Norfolk, Va., and Amos of Englewood; a brother, Harry Steck, and his sister, Miss Isabella M. Steck, both of Denver; a granddaughter, Mrs. Edna Martin, and one great grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mackin mortuary in Englewood, and burial will be in Fairmount cemetery.
James Steck, Denver Pioneer and Son of Famous Judge, Dies
Father Followed Gold Rush Here in '59 and Became Member of Territorial Council and Prominent Citizen; Funeral to Be Monday
James Steck, 75, son of the famous Judge Amous Steck and one of the last original Denver pioneers, died Thursday at his home at 3396 South Logan Street.
Mr. Steck was born in Watertown, Wis., Dec. 31, 1857. His father, a Pennsylvanian, had been to California in the gold rush of 1849. Returning to Pennsylvania he married Sarah McLaughlin, took her to Wisconsin as a bride, and left his family there to follow the new gold rush to Denver in '59.
RECALLS FAMILY REUNION IN 1860.
Miss Isabella M. Steck of 353 Elati street, sister of James Steck and eldest of the family, recalled Friday the family's reunion in Denver in 1860.
"We came out by coach from Wisconsin." she said. " My brother, James, was only 2. My father drove out to meet us in a coach, and I remember having breakfast with him at the old Broadwell house at Sixteenth and Larimer street. Then we walked together to the house my father had built at Seventeenth and Curtis streets, where the Ernest & Cramer building now stands. It was the first house on the street/ We lived there twenty-six years, then we moved to a new house at Thirteenth street and Glenarm place."
Amos Steck was one of pioneer Denver's most famous citizens. He was a member of the territorial council, 1861 to 1863. mayor from '63 to '65, receiver for the federal land office, and was elected county judge in 1874.
He was state senator for two full terms, starting in '89. His first job here was postal clerk in the old Overland Express office, where a remarkable memory made him invaluable. He died here in 1908. His wife survived him six years.
James Steck attended the old public school at Eighteenth and Larimer streets, where the Windsor hotel is now. Later, he attended the old Arapahoe school, then went to Leadville, and returned to ranch on the site of the Denver Country club grounds. He married first in 1880. His first wife died, and then he married Hanna Anderson of Denver forty-six years ago. For more than forty years he ranched south of Denver, but retired eleven years ago.
SERVED SEVEN YEARS WITH HISE COMPANY
He was a member of the Veteran Volunteer Fireman's association. He served seven years with the Woodie Fisher hose company No. 1, until the opening of the paid city department in 1881. For years he was on the Arapahoe county school board.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Hanna Steck; a daughter, Mrs. Ana Newlen of Los Angeles; two sons, George of Norfolk, Va., and Amos of Englewood; a brother, Harry Steck, and his sister, Miss Isabella M. Steck, both of Denver; a granddaughter, Mrs. Edna Martin, and one great grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mackin mortuary in Englewood, and burial will be in Fairmount cemetery.
Denver Post September 8, 1933 page 4:
James Steck, Denver Pioneer and Son of Famous Judge, Dies
Father Followed Gold Rush Here in '59 and Became Member of Territorial Council and Prominent Citizen; Funeral to Be Monday
James Steck, 75, son of the famous Judge Amous Steck and one of the last original Denver pioneers, died Thursday at his home at 3396 South Logan Street.
Mr. Steck was born in Watertown, Wis., Dec. 31, 1857. His father, a Pennsylvanian, had been to California in the gold rush of 1849. Returning to Pennsylvania he married Sarah McLaughlin, took her to Wisconsin as a bride, and left his family there to follow the new gold rush to Denver in '59.
RECALLS FAMILY REUNION IN 1860.
Miss Isabella M. Steck of 353 Elati street, sister of James Steck and eldest of the family, recalled Friday the family's reunion in Denver in 1860.
"We came out by coach from Wisconsin." she said. " My brother, James, was only 2. My father drove out to meet us in a coach, and I remember having breakfast with him at the old Broadwell house at Sixteenth and Larimer street. Then we walked together to the house my father had built at Seventeenth and Curtis streets, where the Ernest & Cramer building now stands. It was the first house on the street/ We lived there twenty-six years, then we moved to a new house at Thirteenth street and Glenarm place."
Amos Steck was one of pioneer Denver's most famous citizens. He was a member of the territorial council, 1861 to 1863. mayor from '63 to '65, receiver for the federal land office, and was elected county judge in 1874.
He was state senator for two full terms, starting in '89. His first job here was postal clerk in the old Overland Express office, where a remarkable memory made him invaluable. He died here in 1908. His wife survived him six years.
James Steck attended the old public school at Eighteenth and Larimer streets, where the Windsor hotel is now. Later, he attended the old Arapahoe school, then went to Leadville, and returned to ranch on the site of the Denver Country club grounds. He married first in 1880. His first wife died, and then he married Hanna Anderson of Denver forty-six years ago. For more than forty years he ranched south of Denver, but retired eleven years ago.
SERVED SEVEN YEARS WITH HISE COMPANY
He was a member of the Veteran Volunteer Fireman's association. He served seven years with the Woodie Fisher hose company No. 1, until the opening of the paid city department in 1881. For years he was on the Arapahoe county school board.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Hanna Steck; a daughter, Mrs. Ana Newlen of Los Angeles; two sons, George of Norfolk, Va., and Amos of Englewood; a brother, Harry Steck, and his sister, Miss Isabella M. Steck, both of Denver; a granddaughter, Mrs. Edna Martin, and one great grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mackin mortuary in Englewood, and burial will be in Fairmount cemetery.
James Steck, Denver Pioneer and Son of Famous Judge, Dies
Father Followed Gold Rush Here in '59 and Became Member of Territorial Council and Prominent Citizen; Funeral to Be Monday
James Steck, 75, son of the famous Judge Amous Steck and one of the last original Denver pioneers, died Thursday at his home at 3396 South Logan Street.
Mr. Steck was born in Watertown, Wis., Dec. 31, 1857. His father, a Pennsylvanian, had been to California in the gold rush of 1849. Returning to Pennsylvania he married Sarah McLaughlin, took her to Wisconsin as a bride, and left his family there to follow the new gold rush to Denver in '59.
RECALLS FAMILY REUNION IN 1860.
Miss Isabella M. Steck of 353 Elati street, sister of James Steck and eldest of the family, recalled Friday the family's reunion in Denver in 1860.
"We came out by coach from Wisconsin." she said. " My brother, James, was only 2. My father drove out to meet us in a coach, and I remember having breakfast with him at the old Broadwell house at Sixteenth and Larimer street. Then we walked together to the house my father had built at Seventeenth and Curtis streets, where the Ernest & Cramer building now stands. It was the first house on the street/ We lived there twenty-six years, then we moved to a new house at Thirteenth street and Glenarm place."
Amos Steck was one of pioneer Denver's most famous citizens. He was a member of the territorial council, 1861 to 1863. mayor from '63 to '65, receiver for the federal land office, and was elected county judge in 1874.
He was state senator for two full terms, starting in '89. His first job here was postal clerk in the old Overland Express office, where a remarkable memory made him invaluable. He died here in 1908. His wife survived him six years.
James Steck attended the old public school at Eighteenth and Larimer streets, where the Windsor hotel is now. Later, he attended the old Arapahoe school, then went to Leadville, and returned to ranch on the site of the Denver Country club grounds. He married first in 1880. His first wife died, and then he married Hanna Anderson of Denver forty-six years ago. For more than forty years he ranched south of Denver, but retired eleven years ago.
SERVED SEVEN YEARS WITH HISE COMPANY
He was a member of the Veteran Volunteer Fireman's association. He served seven years with the Woodie Fisher hose company No. 1, until the opening of the paid city department in 1881. For years he was on the Arapahoe county school board.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Hanna Steck; a daughter, Mrs. Ana Newlen of Los Angeles; two sons, George of Norfolk, Va., and Amos of Englewood; a brother, Harry Steck, and his sister, Miss Isabella M. Steck, both of Denver; a granddaughter, Mrs. Edna Martin, and one great grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mackin mortuary in Englewood, and burial will be in Fairmount cemetery.
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