Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-03


Usher. old soldier. Board of Trade Of
dicer, county school superintendent.
census compiler. Influential citizen.
church leader. died At an early hour
yesterday morning at a local hospital.
In sixteen years Of government SER
vice in Washington City. Mr.. Bowman
had been longing to get back to Colo
rado. At last he did return to the
country he had loved above all others.
but could not stay here long, for death
called him away. In An illness OF
several weeks he was in the care OF his
devoted youngest daughter, and the
best medical skill was unavailing.
Tho funeral service will probably be
held Friday at O'Clock In care OF the
Masonic fraternity. Tho body is at
the Mccarthy parlors. Announcement
will bo made.
Charles w. Bowman was born Feb
ruary 23 1910 at Cape Girardeau, Mo-.
coming from a notable family line
traced back 200 years in America
From the southeast corner of Missouri
the Bowmans, tribe of newspaper
men, presently made their way to the
northwest corner OF the now state,
where 81 years ago tho father started
and for years published the Holt
County Sentinel, now one OF the old
est papers in the Missouri Valley.
When the war came on Charles en-
listed early In the Union cause. in the
Fourth Missouri cavalry Hero en-
sues dim space in this biography,
for the reason that like most OF those
old soldiers. he was rctcent as to his
fighting record. All We can know
after n half century is that he was in
tho thick Of various battles and cam
raiEns In Missouri and Arkansas. Fol-
lowing tho war he was married. and
for several years worked as printer
r. tu
Oifo's delicate condition OF health. IN
1872 they sought the mile-high sunny
west The new Santa Fe railroad had
made Its way as far as Newton, where
u stayed hitched for year and a half
before making the final jump TO
the days ambition of that period, for
the road has never yet really found a
fnality in extensions.
Heading for Colorado before the rail-
road did, Charles Bowman bought n
small newspaper outfit including
of mules. and hauled the typo and
press from the end OF the road at New
ton to the little cattlemens village OF
Las Animas. Colorado. At that time
Elliott Bowman, the only one of tho
brothers that did no, get into the
where life was a round OF frontier ad-
venture He is now residing at Brad
ford and Fourth streets, Pueblo.
There arc few mon in military life OF
war or peace who ever show moro real
bravery than was required in that
period to publish 4 wild west news
paper. Here again Charles Bowman
has been reucent and silent as to his
adventures in n time that tried mems
Houls, but 1t is known that he was
Fearless and unflinchinS in writing
and printing while surrounded by des
Leader and published it for many
years as a real leader not only In ncws
bot in civilization. The Leader Is the
second oldest newspaper In southern
colorado. being next after the Pueblo
Chicftain. II would mako n most in
tcrcstinE sketch could VIC look up tho
old files OF the Leader and read of
events and comments of the pictures
que, turbulent and pcriious period
when Charles w. Bowman not only
widest scenes OF todays cowboy
screens in movies were then every
day Incidents in that cowboy town.
Las An!mas.
GravItating toward tho manifest
center OF population OF a vast region.
Mr. Bowman came to Pueblo about
1876. where he for years published the
StockErowcrs Review. representing
ihc leading and most influential
western Industry. At or about that
time Nelson bowman was publishinS
a PAPER he had started ut La Junta.
while Cyrus Bowman had gopc TO
Walsonburg and was doing the Same
thing, though he aftcrward went 10
California and is now publishing
paper Mt San Jose. George Bowman
drirtcd out OF the newspaper business
when no reached Pueblo and operated
a hothouse and garden.
While still editing and printing the
Stockgrowcrs' Review. whose office
was located on Santa Fc avenue Just
below the present Palm theatcr,
charles Bowman became interested in
local politics. or rather tho education
nj feature OF IL. He became a candi-
date for superintendent OF county
schools. was elected. and filled the pos
ition with such success and efficiency