Obituary published in Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph newspaper on September 7, 1961 stated the following:
NOTED COWBOY ARTIST, POET DIED WEDNESDAY – Guy Parker, widely know cowboy artist and poet of Lytle, and a native and pioneer resident of Colorado Springs, died at 86 at a local hospital Wednesday night. He had been ill for several years. He was the author of the book “End o’ the Trail”, a compilation of pictures and poems by himself. His poem, “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, first appeared in this book. He was equally well known for taking the Colorado Springs town herd of some 200 cows out east of the city to pasture mornings and bringing them back to their owners at night, when a boy and later as a cowboy and rancher in various parts of the Pikes Peak Region. Mr. Parker was born in Colorado Springs Aug. 17, 1875, when Colorado was still a territory and four years after the city of Colorado Springs was founded. He used to say that he was a cowboy from his earliest remembrance. Age the age of 16 he went to work for Pope Brothers, gathering their cattle out of the area where the Air Force Academy now is and taking them to the dairy ranch of his employers west of the Pike View station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He always rode a good pony and knew the herding art. He worked for Lockhart and Riley outfit, which trailed Longhorn cattle from Texas to Sugar City and then split the herd into smaller herds for pasturage east of Colorado Springs. He worked and rode along the Arkansas River, living at different times in Coaldale, Cotopaxi and Salida, where he worked on the Bear Creek ranch. He then rented a small ranch in that area where he lived for five years. He finally settled on a ranch in the Lytle area, 20 miles south of Colorado Springs and started to build up a herd. It was there he married the former Bessie Cross of Lytle, who survives him. In 1926 they established their Mesa View ranch. Mr. Parker was captivated by Remington’s western pictures and studied art under Charles Craig, famous Colorado Springs painter of cowboys and Indians. His poetic writing came to him without formal instruction. He had written poems since he was a child. At one time he was Lytle correspondent to the Gazette Telegraph and some of his literary work was published in this paper. He was of the opinion that a cave not far from his home may have been the one that Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of the peak named for him in 1906, mentions in his diary. If so he thought he had perhaps determined on the route that Pike took when leaving part of the expedition behind, he attempted to make his way to the summit of Pikes Peak, but ill equipped for such an expedition in winter and fearful for the safety from Indians of those left behind, he turned back after gaining the summit of a mountain thought likely to have been the one south of Cheyenne Mountain or maybe Cheyenne Mountain itself. He found Pikes Peak was much farther away than he had supposed. Besides his wife, Mr. Parker is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Lyla Smith of Salida; and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Ethel Shirola and Mrs. Evelyn Ellis, all of Lytle; two sisters, one Mrs. Edward Conell, Colorado Springs, and four grandchildren. The Nolan Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements.
The following day the same newspaper published the following:
PARKER – Rosary services for Mr. James G. Parker, Nolan Drawing Room, Friday 8:00 p.m. Requiem High Mass Saturday 10:00 a.m. Pauline Chapel. Interment Evergreen. (Nolan)
In an article entitled “Guy Parker, at 82, Still Following Life of Cowboy” published in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph of October 2, 1957, the following information was provided:
In the autumn of 1934 Parker was encouraged to try radio and for three years his program, “The Cowhands” featuring a hillbilly band and western songs by the Cowgirls (his daughters) on KVOR, won him a lot of fan mail and comment. A favorite feature of each of these programs was one of his Western poems or the recital of some cowboy experience. The favorite one of these poems was “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, which is reprinted with an illustration in “End o’ the Trail”. Parker was president of the Pioneer Range Riders of Colorado and for several years had space in the Farm News, later the Colorado Springs News, in which he edited stories told by old hand at their reunions and chuck wagon dinners. One summer in company with an old trail herder of the Southwest at Dalhart, Tex., Parker wrote “The Old Montana Trail”, for the Dalhart, Texan. This poem is reprinted in “End o’ the Trail”.
Contributor: J Richards (49481774)
NOTED COWBOY ARTIST, POET DIED WEDNESDAY – Guy Parker, widely know cowboy artist and poet of Lytle, and a native and pioneer resident of Colorado Springs, died at 86 at a local hospital Wednesday night. He had been ill for several years. He was the author of the book “End o’ the Trail”, a compilation of pictures and poems by himself. His poem, “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, first appeared in this book. He was equally well known for taking the Colorado Springs town herd of some 200 cows out east of the city to pasture mornings and bringing them back to their owners at night, when a boy and later as a cowboy and rancher in various parts of the Pikes Peak Region. Mr. Parker was born in Colorado Springs Aug. 17, 1875, when Colorado was still a territory and four years after the city of Colorado Springs was founded. He used to say that he was a cowboy from his earliest remembrance. Age the age of 16 he went to work for Pope Brothers, gathering their cattle out of the area where the Air Force Academy now is and taking them to the dairy ranch of his employers west of the Pike View station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He always rode a good pony and knew the herding art. He worked for Lockhart and Riley outfit, which trailed Longhorn cattle from Texas to Sugar City and then split the herd into smaller herds for pasturage east of Colorado Springs. He worked and rode along the Arkansas River, living at different times in Coaldale, Cotopaxi and Salida, where he worked on the Bear Creek ranch. He then rented a small ranch in that area where he lived for five years. He finally settled on a ranch in the Lytle area, 20 miles south of Colorado Springs and started to build up a herd. It was there he married the former Bessie Cross of Lytle, who survives him. In 1926 they established their Mesa View ranch. Mr. Parker was captivated by Remington’s western pictures and studied art under Charles Craig, famous Colorado Springs painter of cowboys and Indians. His poetic writing came to him without formal instruction. He had written poems since he was a child. At one time he was Lytle correspondent to the Gazette Telegraph and some of his literary work was published in this paper. He was of the opinion that a cave not far from his home may have been the one that Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of the peak named for him in 1906, mentions in his diary. If so he thought he had perhaps determined on the route that Pike took when leaving part of the expedition behind, he attempted to make his way to the summit of Pikes Peak, but ill equipped for such an expedition in winter and fearful for the safety from Indians of those left behind, he turned back after gaining the summit of a mountain thought likely to have been the one south of Cheyenne Mountain or maybe Cheyenne Mountain itself. He found Pikes Peak was much farther away than he had supposed. Besides his wife, Mr. Parker is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Lyla Smith of Salida; and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Ethel Shirola and Mrs. Evelyn Ellis, all of Lytle; two sisters, one Mrs. Edward Conell, Colorado Springs, and four grandchildren. The Nolan Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements.
The following day the same newspaper published the following:
PARKER – Rosary services for Mr. James G. Parker, Nolan Drawing Room, Friday 8:00 p.m. Requiem High Mass Saturday 10:00 a.m. Pauline Chapel. Interment Evergreen. (Nolan)
In an article entitled “Guy Parker, at 82, Still Following Life of Cowboy” published in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph of October 2, 1957, the following information was provided:
In the autumn of 1934 Parker was encouraged to try radio and for three years his program, “The Cowhands” featuring a hillbilly band and western songs by the Cowgirls (his daughters) on KVOR, won him a lot of fan mail and comment. A favorite feature of each of these programs was one of his Western poems or the recital of some cowboy experience. The favorite one of these poems was “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, which is reprinted with an illustration in “End o’ the Trail”. Parker was president of the Pioneer Range Riders of Colorado and for several years had space in the Farm News, later the Colorado Springs News, in which he edited stories told by old hand at their reunions and chuck wagon dinners. One summer in company with an old trail herder of the Southwest at Dalhart, Tex., Parker wrote “The Old Montana Trail”, for the Dalhart, Texan. This poem is reprinted in “End o’ the Trail”.
Contributor: J Richards (49481774)
Obituary published in Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph newspaper on September 7, 1961 stated the following:
NOTED COWBOY ARTIST, POET DIED WEDNESDAY – Guy Parker, widely know cowboy artist and poet of Lytle, and a native and pioneer resident of Colorado Springs, died at 86 at a local hospital Wednesday night. He had been ill for several years. He was the author of the book “End o’ the Trail”, a compilation of pictures and poems by himself. His poem, “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, first appeared in this book. He was equally well known for taking the Colorado Springs town herd of some 200 cows out east of the city to pasture mornings and bringing them back to their owners at night, when a boy and later as a cowboy and rancher in various parts of the Pikes Peak Region. Mr. Parker was born in Colorado Springs Aug. 17, 1875, when Colorado was still a territory and four years after the city of Colorado Springs was founded. He used to say that he was a cowboy from his earliest remembrance. Age the age of 16 he went to work for Pope Brothers, gathering their cattle out of the area where the Air Force Academy now is and taking them to the dairy ranch of his employers west of the Pike View station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He always rode a good pony and knew the herding art. He worked for Lockhart and Riley outfit, which trailed Longhorn cattle from Texas to Sugar City and then split the herd into smaller herds for pasturage east of Colorado Springs. He worked and rode along the Arkansas River, living at different times in Coaldale, Cotopaxi and Salida, where he worked on the Bear Creek ranch. He then rented a small ranch in that area where he lived for five years. He finally settled on a ranch in the Lytle area, 20 miles south of Colorado Springs and started to build up a herd. It was there he married the former Bessie Cross of Lytle, who survives him. In 1926 they established their Mesa View ranch. Mr. Parker was captivated by Remington’s western pictures and studied art under Charles Craig, famous Colorado Springs painter of cowboys and Indians. His poetic writing came to him without formal instruction. He had written poems since he was a child. At one time he was Lytle correspondent to the Gazette Telegraph and some of his literary work was published in this paper. He was of the opinion that a cave not far from his home may have been the one that Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of the peak named for him in 1906, mentions in his diary. If so he thought he had perhaps determined on the route that Pike took when leaving part of the expedition behind, he attempted to make his way to the summit of Pikes Peak, but ill equipped for such an expedition in winter and fearful for the safety from Indians of those left behind, he turned back after gaining the summit of a mountain thought likely to have been the one south of Cheyenne Mountain or maybe Cheyenne Mountain itself. He found Pikes Peak was much farther away than he had supposed. Besides his wife, Mr. Parker is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Lyla Smith of Salida; and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Ethel Shirola and Mrs. Evelyn Ellis, all of Lytle; two sisters, one Mrs. Edward Conell, Colorado Springs, and four grandchildren. The Nolan Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements.
The following day the same newspaper published the following:
PARKER – Rosary services for Mr. James G. Parker, Nolan Drawing Room, Friday 8:00 p.m. Requiem High Mass Saturday 10:00 a.m. Pauline Chapel. Interment Evergreen. (Nolan)
In an article entitled “Guy Parker, at 82, Still Following Life of Cowboy” published in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph of October 2, 1957, the following information was provided:
In the autumn of 1934 Parker was encouraged to try radio and for three years his program, “The Cowhands” featuring a hillbilly band and western songs by the Cowgirls (his daughters) on KVOR, won him a lot of fan mail and comment. A favorite feature of each of these programs was one of his Western poems or the recital of some cowboy experience. The favorite one of these poems was “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, which is reprinted with an illustration in “End o’ the Trail”. Parker was president of the Pioneer Range Riders of Colorado and for several years had space in the Farm News, later the Colorado Springs News, in which he edited stories told by old hand at their reunions and chuck wagon dinners. One summer in company with an old trail herder of the Southwest at Dalhart, Tex., Parker wrote “The Old Montana Trail”, for the Dalhart, Texan. This poem is reprinted in “End o’ the Trail”.
Contributor: J Richards (49481774)
NOTED COWBOY ARTIST, POET DIED WEDNESDAY – Guy Parker, widely know cowboy artist and poet of Lytle, and a native and pioneer resident of Colorado Springs, died at 86 at a local hospital Wednesday night. He had been ill for several years. He was the author of the book “End o’ the Trail”, a compilation of pictures and poems by himself. His poem, “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, first appeared in this book. He was equally well known for taking the Colorado Springs town herd of some 200 cows out east of the city to pasture mornings and bringing them back to their owners at night, when a boy and later as a cowboy and rancher in various parts of the Pikes Peak Region. Mr. Parker was born in Colorado Springs Aug. 17, 1875, when Colorado was still a territory and four years after the city of Colorado Springs was founded. He used to say that he was a cowboy from his earliest remembrance. Age the age of 16 he went to work for Pope Brothers, gathering their cattle out of the area where the Air Force Academy now is and taking them to the dairy ranch of his employers west of the Pike View station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He always rode a good pony and knew the herding art. He worked for Lockhart and Riley outfit, which trailed Longhorn cattle from Texas to Sugar City and then split the herd into smaller herds for pasturage east of Colorado Springs. He worked and rode along the Arkansas River, living at different times in Coaldale, Cotopaxi and Salida, where he worked on the Bear Creek ranch. He then rented a small ranch in that area where he lived for five years. He finally settled on a ranch in the Lytle area, 20 miles south of Colorado Springs and started to build up a herd. It was there he married the former Bessie Cross of Lytle, who survives him. In 1926 they established their Mesa View ranch. Mr. Parker was captivated by Remington’s western pictures and studied art under Charles Craig, famous Colorado Springs painter of cowboys and Indians. His poetic writing came to him without formal instruction. He had written poems since he was a child. At one time he was Lytle correspondent to the Gazette Telegraph and some of his literary work was published in this paper. He was of the opinion that a cave not far from his home may have been the one that Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of the peak named for him in 1906, mentions in his diary. If so he thought he had perhaps determined on the route that Pike took when leaving part of the expedition behind, he attempted to make his way to the summit of Pikes Peak, but ill equipped for such an expedition in winter and fearful for the safety from Indians of those left behind, he turned back after gaining the summit of a mountain thought likely to have been the one south of Cheyenne Mountain or maybe Cheyenne Mountain itself. He found Pikes Peak was much farther away than he had supposed. Besides his wife, Mr. Parker is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Lyla Smith of Salida; and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Ethel Shirola and Mrs. Evelyn Ellis, all of Lytle; two sisters, one Mrs. Edward Conell, Colorado Springs, and four grandchildren. The Nolan Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements.
The following day the same newspaper published the following:
PARKER – Rosary services for Mr. James G. Parker, Nolan Drawing Room, Friday 8:00 p.m. Requiem High Mass Saturday 10:00 a.m. Pauline Chapel. Interment Evergreen. (Nolan)
In an article entitled “Guy Parker, at 82, Still Following Life of Cowboy” published in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph of October 2, 1957, the following information was provided:
In the autumn of 1934 Parker was encouraged to try radio and for three years his program, “The Cowhands” featuring a hillbilly band and western songs by the Cowgirls (his daughters) on KVOR, won him a lot of fan mail and comment. A favorite feature of each of these programs was one of his Western poems or the recital of some cowboy experience. The favorite one of these poems was “Christmas in the Bunkhouse”, which is reprinted with an illustration in “End o’ the Trail”. Parker was president of the Pioneer Range Riders of Colorado and for several years had space in the Farm News, later the Colorado Springs News, in which he edited stories told by old hand at their reunions and chuck wagon dinners. One summer in company with an old trail herder of the Southwest at Dalhart, Tex., Parker wrote “The Old Montana Trail”, for the Dalhart, Texan. This poem is reprinted in “End o’ the Trail”.
Contributor: J Richards (49481774)
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Buried: 9/9/1961, Source: City of Colo Spgs cemetery data 3/20/09
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