C. F. ROBERTSON.

C. F. ROBERTSON.
A spirit of marked enterprise actuates C. F. Robertson at every point in his business career. He is well known in professional circles as a capable attorney and he is a dealer in oil lands and also has extensive holdings in irrigated lands under the Hanover canal system, which he created and built. The possibilities of a business situation are by him readily discerned and his laudable ambition prompts their immediate and effective utilization. What he undertakes he accomplishes and opportunity is ever to him a call to action. Born in Forreston, Illinois, June 23, 1862, Mr. Robertson is a son of Colon and Margaret (Mungle) Robertson. He was educated in the public and high schools of Forreston and also pursued a course in the State Normal School at Normal, Illinois. He then turned his attention to educational work and became principal of the schools at Norfolk, Nebraska, which position he occupied in 1882-3, but it was his desire to become a member of the legal profession and with that end in view he studied in Kimball, Nebraska, and was admitted to practice there before the supreme court of Nebraska in 1889. Five years later, or in 1894, he removed to Omaha, where he opened an office and engaged in general law practice, making a specialty of investment work from 1901 until 1903. In the meantime he had served as assistant to the city attorney of Omaha from 1898 until 1901. In April, 1903, he removed to Wyoming, where he became promoter and builder of the Hanover canal system, which irrigates thirty-five thousand acres of land adjoining the town of Worland. Mr. Robertson was instrumental in raising about a half-million dollars among eastern capitalists for the construction of the irrigation plan which was the corner-stone for the building of the present thriving little city of Worland, of which he became the founder, laying out the town site in January, 1906. He also prepared and carried to a successful issue the bill which was passed in the legislature creating Washakie county, lobbying through three sessions of the general assembly before his efforts were crowned with success in 1911. Mr. Robertson has continuously practiced law in Worland since 1903 and has been accorded an extensive clientage. He is a lawyer of wide learning who prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and presents his cause with notable strength. His arguments are sound, his deductions logical and his reasoning forceful and he seldom fails to win the verdict desired. He filled the office of United States commissioner from 1904 until 1916 and he is still associated with the Emmer Products Company, of which he was one of the organizers. While he is identified with various business enterprises that have been of direct benefit to his personal fortunes he has also been equally active in support of plans and measures for the general good from which he has been no direct beneficiary. He was one of the organizers of the Alfalfa Club, formed to further the establishment of the Industial School at Worland. He was also appointed the first general superintendent of the Wyoming Industrial School after its construction. He became the first mayor of Worland, occupying the position from 1906 until 1911, thus directing the activities of the new and growing town for five years. He is a member of the republican state central committee, in which position he has remained for several years, and he is vice chairman of the republican central committee of Washakie county. In 1883 Mr. Robertson was married in Savanna, Illinois, to Miss Grace Johnson and they have a daughter, Lulu, who is now the wife of H. C. Shirk, a building contractor of Worland. Mr. and Mrs. Shirk also have a daughter, Grace Robertson. In his fraternal relations Mr. Robertson is a prominent Mason, belonging to Cloud Peak Lodge, No. 27, F. & A. M.; Bellevue Chapter, R. A. M., of Omaha; Constantine Commandery, No. 9, K. T.; Wyoming Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R., of Cheyenne; and Kalif Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of Sheridan. Both he and his wife are members of Cloud Peak Chapter, No. 24, 0. E. S., of which Mrs. Robertson is now a past worthy matron. When Mr. Robertson came to the Big Horn basin there were but two or three cabins between the basin and Thermopolis. He can look back over the period of only a decade and see the rapid development of the county, resulting in the building of modern homes occupied by prosperous farmers. Within this period the flourishing little city of Worland has appeared almost as if by magic by night. Its growth has indeed been marvelous and the development of the county has shown none of that inflation of values so characteristic of boom districts. It has grown because it has been settled by a substantial class of people, who have recognized the opportunities for development here in the utilization of the natural resources of the country. Their work has resulted most beneficially for the community at large and has also brought about a substantial increase in many personal fortunes.

A spirit of marked enterprise actuates C. F. Robertson at every point in his business career. He is well known in professional circles as a capable attorney and he is a dealer in oil lands and also has extensive holdings in irrigated lands under the Hanover canal system, which he created and built. The possibilities of a business situation are by him readily discerned and his laudable ambition prompts their immediate and effective utilization. What he undertakes he accomplishes and opportunity is ever to him a call to action.
Born in Forreston, Illinois, June 23, 1862, Mr. Robertson is a son of Colon and Margaret (Mungle) Robertson. He was educated in the public and high schools of Forreston and also pursued a course in the State Normal School at Normal, Illinois. He then turned his attention to educational work and became principal of the schools at Norfolk, Nebraska, which position he occupied in 1882-3, but it was his desire to become a member of the legal profession and with that end in view he studied in Kimball, Nebraska, and was admitted to practice there before the supreme court of Nebraska in 1889. Five years later, or in 1894, he removed to Omaha, where he opened an office and engaged in general law practice, making a specialty of investment work from 1901 until 1903. In the meantime he had served as assistant to the city attorney of Omaha from 1898 until 1901. In April, 1903, he removed to Wyoming, where he became promoter and builder of the Hanover canal system, which irrigates thirty-five thousand acres of land adjoining the town of Worland. Mr. Robertson was instrumental in raising about a half-million dollars among eastern capitalists for the construction of the irrigation plan which was the corner-stone for the building of the present thriving little city of Worland, of which he became the founder, laying out the town site in January, 1906. He also prepared and carried to a successful issue the bill which was passed in the legislature creating Washakie county, lobbying through three sessions of the general assembly before his efforts were crowned with success in 1911. Mr. Robertson has continuously practiced law in Worland since 1903 and has been accorded an extensive clientage. He is a lawyer of wide learning who prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and presents his cause with notable strength. His arguments are sound, his deductions logical and his reasoning forceful and he seldom fails to win the verdict desired. He filled the office of United States commissioner from 1904 until 1916 and he is still associated with the Emmer Products Company, of which he was one of the organizers. While he is identified with various business enterprises that have been of direct benefit to his personal fortunes he has also been equally active in support of plans and measures for the general good from which he has been no direct beneficiary. He was one of the organizers of the Alfalfa Club, formed to further the establishment of the Industial School at Worland. He was also appointed the first general superintendent of the Wyoming Industrial School after its construction. He became the first mayor of Worland, occupying the position from 1906 until 1911, thus directing the activities of the new and growing town for five years. He is a member of the republican state central committee, in which position he has remained for several years, and he is vice chairman of the republican central committee of Washakie county.
In 1883 Mr. Robertson was married in Savanna, Illinois, to Miss Grace Johnson and they have a daughter, Lulu, who is now the wife of H. C. Shirk, a building contractor of Worland. Mr. and Mrs. Shirk also have a daughter, Grace Robertson.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Robertson is a prominent Mason, belonging to Cloud Peak Lodge, No. 27, F. & A. M.; Bellevue Chapter, R. A. M., of Omaha; Constantine Commandery, No. 9, K. T.; Wyoming Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R., of Cheyenne; and Kalif Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of Sheridan. Both he and his wife are members of Cloud Peak Chapter, No. 24, 0. E. S., of which Mrs. Robertson is now a past worthy matron.
When Mr. Robertson came to the Big Horn basin there were but two or three cabins between the basin and Thermopolis. He can look back over the period of only a decade and see the rapid development of the county, resulting in the building of modern homes occupied by prosperous farmers. Within this period the flourishing little city of Worland has appeared almost as if by magic by night. Its growth has indeed been marvelous and the development of the county has shown none of that inflation of values so characteristic of boom districts. It has grown because it has been settled by a substantial class of people, who have recognized the opportunities for development here in the utilization of the natural resources of the country. Their work has resulted most beneficially for the community at large and has also brought about a substantial increase in many personal fortunes.