Col. Forrest Milton Carhartt [1897-1989]

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Forrest M. Carhartt He was born in Iowa to Elsie Verness (Forrest) Carhartt, a homemaker, and James Seth Carhartt, a farmer. He moved to Ogden, Utah in 1914, where he lived with his grandparents. There, he joined the Utah National Guard. He received a scholarship to the University of Denver. While on tour with the DU Glee Club, he received a telegram ordering him to mobilize for the Guard. His guard had been converted to an artillery unit and was deployed to the Mexican border in response to Pancho Villa-led raids into the United States. He received officer’s training during the ramp up to World War I. He also played football on the battery football team. At the end of the war, he quit the army so that he could resume his studies at DU. He received his B.A. and M.A. in theology.

He worked as a teacher, a high school principal, and as a deputy coroner. He was the commanding officer who brought the CCC camp to Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park in 1936. He served in World War ll (Reserves and National Guard), and later worked in Military Retirement and Investments. He married Helen Johnson in 1922. They had two children. (Mesa County Public Library)

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