Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-21
ABRAHAM CURRY.

after those of the Groscli Bros, Con-
stock, Ormsby and other prominen
pioneers. RESTLESS energy seize:
men Ike Curry and prompts then
to partake of a flush life like tina
which he fouad here and one,
placed among the masses Of wastefu
vitality such IS the earlier times o.
this State brought together, and
men of his stamp are found shaping
the crude and plastic elements of or
der into form. Probably the fit;esi
and most inviting field of operations
that Curry ever came upon was Ea
gle Valley. He came here and was
In his element-instinc:ively taking
hold ofthe raw componets of material
civilization and yitalizipg them after
fashion of his own. He conspire.l
against idleness and homelessncss !;
and built things which astonisiietl
lazy men, and then thrust the neces-
e.sity of owning and occupying the
same apon communities whose sing
sish minds he took By surprise. He
stirred about incessantly and lie
was an enthusiast in the application
of his active practical abilities. He
wrought at building as true artist
works at his easel-for the love of
the labor-the pleasure Of conspicu-
Gus, telling industry and the inspi
ration IF new creations. We mean
that he worked for the sake of work
and not for any mere mercenary mo-
tives. It was the .lelusion of ms
mind that himself was shrewd. His
vas . boys mind in all but its strong
energies, and continued SO up to the
moment of his death. Work vas
passion with him and that passion
subordinated all other considers
tons to itself. This is how he Came
70 60 ahead, At all hazards, and do
things which thoughtful men re-
garded ~ UtOpian. It Was this
smAshlng energy which to"k con
tracts without estimates aud regard
less of ruies-~itlout any base IF
supplies or lines Of retreat -and
made Curry 3" the Father Of Carson"
He was made for use and not orna-
ment and he fulfilled his mission
and died poor. But there is deal
TO SHOW for what he did.
Abraham Curry was born at Utica.
Oneida county. New Ymk on the
10Th of February 1915. In bo, hood
he was appr. ntice,l to the laker'~
trs.le and learned it. thoronglv lint
he had too much physical force t"
be content with the kneasling of
dnngh and the baking of crackers.
and SO he fell into other AMI more
expansive MISUNDERSTANDING
khat took him or. into the weather.
He hnsied himself on the 10 OF the
Erie Canal for several Years and
afterwards hal business on Lake
Erie owne.l steam and sail vessels
That piled between the various points
Of that sheet Of wafer. and SD came
20 live for some years in Cleveland.
Ohio. from whence he came to the
Pacific. He WAS in Downievi!le .s
Early as 1852 and came over t..
six years la.er--arrivinn
here where Cursor now is. in 1858
In 1859 he and Gouid, blacksmith
coated that part Of the COmsto:k
edge known as the Gonl! 4 Curry
nine. We have heard Curry tell
low he sold his one half Of all that
low splendid property for g, 100
MI thought he did we'll. he said, at
bat. He soon began to make IL stir
|, this valley. He owned great
uan.ities Of land here and had
,ore to do with laying out the town !
nan anybody else. He built the I
erritorial Prison (nov the State !,
and the Warm Springs t
r . > IL i