Warren Richardson, one of the county commissioners of Laramie county and widely and favorably known throughout the county and especially in Cheyenne, where he makes his home, was born on the 30^th of October, 1864, in Indianapolis, Indiana, a son of Warren and Mary A. (Kabis) Richardson. The father was a man of prominence in the communities in which he lived. He filled the office of county clerk in 1874 and was a city councilman of Cheyenne, during which time he did much toward developing the beautiful park system of the city, and was also county superintendent of schools. He was likewise well known as an author and in financial circles through his connection with the First National Bank of Cheyenne and his activities thus contributed to the material development and upbuilding of the district in which he lived. His last days were spent in Seattle, Washington, where he passed away in March, 1908. His widow survives and is now living in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    Warren Richardson, born in Indiana, became a resident of Wyoming in 1869, the family home being established at Cheyenne, where he pursued a public and high school education, making good use of his opportunities in that direction and thus laying a substantial foundation for his success in later life. In his youthful days he began learning the printer's trade and after working in that way for a time turned his attention to ranching and the live stock business. Through all the intervening years to the present he has been an active factor in the development of Laramie county along various lines. He has been not only associated with its live stock interests but has been frequently called upon to serve in positions of public honor and trust. He is now chairman of the board of county commissioners of Laramie county for a term of four years that will extend from 1915 until 1919. He is a most active factor in promoting the good roads movement and is the consul for Laramie county in connection with the Lincoln Highway project, of which he is heartily in favor. He has closely studied the question of good roads and is a stanch advocate of every practical movement to improve the highways, recognizing how beneficial this is when judged from the standpoint of economics, of utility and of comfort. Mr. Richardson originated the idea of a combined city and county building and under his regime the beautiful building was begun and almost completed. He is watchful of every indication that has to do with the upbuilding and progress of his community in any way and he has become associated with the work of developing the oil regions of the state, having been active in this field for thirty years, his labors' having been carried on in the Salt Creek and Big Muddy districts.
    Mr. Richardson is a stalwart champion of the republican party. Fraternally he is a prominent Mason, belonging to Wyoming Consistory, No. 1, A. .A. S. R.. and he is also identified with Korein Temple, A. .A. O. N. M. S., of Rawlins. He has membership with the Elks Lodge, No. 660, and Phoenix Lodge, No. 144, Woodmen of the World. He is thus well known in fraternal circles and is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent spirit which underlies these organizations. He enjoys hunting and fishing and indulges his taste for those sports when leisure permits but places business and official interests first and is making a most creditable record as county commissioner, giving to the county as chairman of the board a most efficient and progressive and businesslike administration, during which many thousands of dollars of back taxes were collected and the county put on a cash basis for the first time in many years.