Walter Cheesman

**Walter Cheesman** (1838–1907) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka wanda ya shiga harkar layin dogo, kuɗi, gidaje, da masana'antar ruwa. Bayan ya fara aikinsa a New York da Chicago, ya zauna a Denver, inda aka sanya wa Cheesman Dam, Cheesman Reservoir, da Cheesman Park suna.

## Shekarun farko
An haifi Walter Scott Cheesman a Hempstead Harbor, New York a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 1838. Ya kasance memba na wani fitaccen iyali a Long Island kuma ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta gwamnati. Ya sami koyarwa ta sirri kafin ya shiga harkokin kasuwanci na iyali, gami da banki da kasuwanci.  

## Sana'a
Cheesman ya ƙaura zuwa Chicago a shekarar 1854 don fara kasuwancin kantin magani tare da William Henry da Edward Talbot Cheesman, manyan 'yan uwansa.  'Yan uwansa sun zo Denver a shekarar 1859 suka buɗe shagon kantin magani, amma ba su yi nasara sosai ba, don haka Cheesman ya zo Denver a shekarar 1861 ya karɓi kasuwancin. Ya ƙara ruwan kwalba da barasa a cikin kayan shagon.  Shagon magunguna na farko da aka gina a garin yana kusa da kusurwar Fifteenth da Blake. Ya gudanar da kasuwancin har zuwa 1874, lokacin da ya sayar da shi. 

A shekara ta 1868, shi da John Evans da David H. Moffat suka fara aikin gina layin dogo na Denver Pacific zuwa Cheyenne, Wyoming . Cheesman ya kasance shugaban layin dogo na tsawon shekaru da dama.  Ya tsara gina tashar jirgin kasa ta Union, kuma yana aiki a ginin titin jirgin kasa na Denver Boulder Valley da titin South Park. Layin dogo ya taimaka wa Denver ta zama babban birni. Shi ma darakta ne na Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Denver, Northern, da Pacific . 

Cheesman ya ƙayyade wurin da gidan kotun yake ta hanyar siyan ƙasar da sayar wa birnin kan farashi mai araha. In ba haka ba, da gidan kotun yana nesa da tsakiyar birnin. Ya kasance mai shirya Kamfanin Amintaccen Ƙasa da Ƙasa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin zartarwa na tsawon sama da shekaru 15, kuma ya kasance memba na Kamfanin Kasuwar Gidaje na Denver. Ya sayi gidaje tsawon shekaru, ya kafa cibiyoyin kuɗi, kuma ya taimaka wajen haɓaka ma'adanai. 

A shekara ta 1870, ya zama babban jami'i a wani kamfani don samar da ruwa ga Denver kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa.  An haɗa tasoshin ruwa guda biyu zuwa Kamfanin Ruwa na Denver Union mai ikon mallakar ƙasa a shekara ta 1894, kuma shi, David Moffat, da Thomas Hayden ne suka mallaki hannun jarin da ke kula da shi.   Cheesman ya zama shugaban kamfanin da ya girma zuwa ƙungiya mai darajar dala miliyan 25. Ya gina madatsun ruwa, ma'ajiyar ruwa, da tsarin tacewa da rarrabawa. An sanya wa Cheesman Dam da Cheesman Reservoir suna saboda shi. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ya kasance shugaban ƙungiyar Colorado Humane Society tsawon shekaru, da nufin kawo ƙarshen zalunci ga yara da dabbobi. An san shi da taimaka wa dabbobi ko yara da ke cikin mawuyacin hali, har ma yana fita a cikin mummunan yanayi bayan ya zama hamshakin attajiri don ceto da kuma samar da mafaka ga wani doki da aka ajiye a fili. Cheesman ya kuma goyi bayan ƙungiyar inganta rayuwar yara, wadda Alkali Ben Lindsey ya kafa.

Ya zauna a gidan Walter Dunning da ke lamba 1200 Pennsylvania Street a Denver na ɗan gajeren lokaci kafin mutuwarsa a shekarar 1907.  Matarsa da 'yarsa sun gina wurin tunawa da Cheesman don tunawa da shi a Cheesman Park . 

## Duba kuma

* Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Colorado Central, wanda Cheesman ya yi sha'awar

## Manazarta