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Arthur Harvey (September 26, 1895 – March 22, 1976) was an American businessman best known as the namesake of the Harvey Park neighborhood of Denver.


Early life and World War I

Harvey was born in
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, Texas. At age 16 he left school to do manual labor and eventually enlisted in the Fifth Texas Infantry.Crowell, Evelyn Miller, ed. Texas Edition: Men of Achievement, John Moranz Associates, Dallas, Texas, 1948. pp. 66–67. He worked in the company office until he left for France in 1918 and was transferred to the Second Division of the Regular Army, where he was assigned to the 9th Infantry. Harvey was active from August 5, 1917, until August 18, 1919, receiving
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at St. Mihiel,
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, and Meuse-Argonne and exiting as a sergeant.


The IRS and oil

After his discharge, Harvey returned to Rusk County and farmed for a year, but the failure of the crop forced him to sell the land. He became a railway
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in 1920. From 1923 to 1926, Harvey worked as chief clerk in
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, and in 1926 he began working for the
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Intelligence Unit, handling fraud investigations. In the course of auditing oil business, Harvey became well versed in the then new industry. He invested in a percentage of a 36-acre patch in the
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. Many of his subsequent prospects failed, but notable successes included patches in the East Long Lake field in
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, and the Spraberry Trend near
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.


World War II

Harvey volunteered for military service in
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and was commissioned a
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in the
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. As an
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for the 449th Bombardment Group, he served in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Romania. He retired as a
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.


Post-war life

In 1948 he purchased a 320-acre ranch in
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, and in 1950 purchased another 160 acres. After several failed ventures including a refrigerated storage business, Harvey was forced to sell most of the land to a private developer. A
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of 1,662 homes called Harvey Park was created on the land around his remaining two acres. In 1962, Harvey sold his home and returned to Texas. He died on March 22, 1976, and was buried in
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in Denver, Colorado.


Further reading

* Farmer, Garland R. ''Realm of Rusk County'', Published by The Henderson Times, 1951. pp. 185–188. * "Prominent Businessman Of Denver in 1950s Dies." ''
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'' 24 March 1976, late ed.: 32.


References

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