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'''Arthur Harvey''' (September 26, 1895 – March 22, 1976) was an American businessman best known as the namesake of the ] neighborhood of Denver.
Major '''Arthur Harvey''' was a writer, businessman, oil pioneer, and a veteran of both World War I and II.<ref>Crowell, Evelyn Miller, ed. Texas Edition: Men of Achievement, John Moranz Associates, Dallas, Texas, 1948. pp. 66–67.</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life and World War I==
⚫ Harvey was born in ], Texas. At age 16 he left school to do manual labor and eventually enlisted in the Fifth Texas Infantry.<ref>Crowell, Evelyn Miller, ed. Texas Edition: Men of Achievement, John Moranz Associates, Dallas, Texas, 1948. pp. 66–67.</ref> 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 ]. Harvey was active from August 5, 1917, until August 18, 1919, receiving ] at ], ], and ] and exiting as a sergeant.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Harvey was born in ], ], ], on September 26, 1895. Prior to enlisting for military service, Arthur left school at age 16 to work in a sawmill in ], handling a ] on the skidway for $1.50 a day. Another early job was pushing a wheelbarrow filled with mortar, in order to help build a brick plant near ]. This job also paid $1.50 a day. This was a six-day work, but he had to spend fifty cents a day, seven days a week for meals. He then got a job picking cotton for fifty cents per hundred pounds of cotton—with free board. He made enough profit to make a good start toward growing a crop of his own in ]. He obtained what schooling he could at various times and places, as a farmer.


==World War I== ==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 ] in 1920. From 1923 to 1926, Harvey worked as chief clerk in ], and in 1926 he began working for the ] 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 ].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Many of his subsequent prospects failed, but notable successes included patches in the East Long Lake field in ], and the ] near ].<ref name="time">{{cite magazine
⚫ Harvey enlisted in ], in Company "F" of the Fifth Texas Infantry. He worked in the company office until he left for France in 1918. He was then transferred to the Second Division of the Regular Army where he was assigned to Company M, ] (Harvey). He received ] at ], ] and ]. Based on his military records, Harvey was active from August 5, 1917, until August 18, 1919, and he was promoted from ] to ].
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==The IRS and Oil==
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After his discharge from the Army, he returned to Rusk County and married Elizabeth Gage of ], in 1919. He farmed in Rusk County for a year, but the crop was not successful. His savings were gone, so he sold off all his land and paid off all his debts. He took the civil service exam in 1920 and became a railway ] in 1920. Then he was called to ], to work as a chief clerk. That position ended in 1923. At this time, he and his wife resided at 706 Smith Street with their daughter, Elizabeth Inez Harvey (born January 15, 1921). This address, 706 Smith Street, is where the Federal building is now located in ]. From 1923 to 1926, Harvey worked as Chief Clerk in ]. By 1926, Arthur Harvey had reached the top salary possible as a railway postal clerk. When he had gone as far as he could go in the ], he began working for the ] Intelligence Unit (Harvey).
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He handled many fraud investigations for what is now the Criminal Division of the Internal Revenue Service. He was stationed in ] and ] and worked throughout the nation. Eventually he would write the manual on what constitutes criminal fraud in tax matters. That manual was still in use many years later (Joyce Neville, July 10, 2006).
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In 1928 Arthur's wife, Elizabeth Gage, died. Shortly after, he met Sylva Irene Vogelsong of ], in ], where she was working for the IRS. They were married in 1929. In the years that followed they had two children: Arthur Herbert Harvey in 1931 and Sylva Anne Harvey in 1933. Around this same time, while still working for the IRS, Arthur began to learn something about the oil business by auditing some oil men. After intense study (the oil business was new at the time), he had a chance to make an investment in a percentage of royalty on 35.88 acres of real estate that soon became famous as the ], home of ] and other historic ]. With the money he had saved from oil royalties, plus money earned when he continued to work for the BIR/IRS, he was able to drill his own well in 1939. He chose ], for his first operation, which resulted in the discovery of the ] oil field in 1939. This field has produced several million barrels of oil.
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Since Mr. Harvey owned the center of this field, the "Tex" Harvey Oil Company was set up to handle its development. It was later sold. He took many chances and came up dry on nine different ventures until the tenth, which he drilled in ], in 1941. This latest drilling brought on the discovery of the East Long Lake field, all of which was now owned by the Harvey Company.
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In 1948, he began drilling wells in ]. Although he knew that little oil had been found in Midland, he took a chance anyway. He drilled down {{convert|12000|ft|abbr=on}} to a stratum in which oil had been found elsewhere in Texas. The hole was dry. Then Harvey wondered what he might have missed on the way down. Working his way back, he got a little oil. Finally, in the fine-grained hard packed sands of the ] at {{convert|8000|ft|abbr=on}}, Harvey found oil in commercial quantities. Unlike the usual successful well that gushes from the beginning, Harvey had to pump his well to get it started . As his output rose from 60 to 120 barrels a day, the rush began. As of 2007, the Spraberry Trend was the biggest oil "play" in the U.S. with 522 Spraberry wells completed, including 23 wells owned by Harvey.

In total, Arthur Harvey discovered the following oil fields: Tonti Field, Marion, Illinois; East Long Lake Field in Anderson County, Texas; Angus Oil Field in ]; Tex Harvey Oil Field in ] and ], and Arthur Harvey (Wilcox) Field in ].


==World War II== ==World War II==
Arthur Harvey volunteered again for military service in ] and was commissioned a ] in the ]. He was sent to Italy as ] (S2) for the ] (Heavy). This unit conducted strategic bombings in ], ], ], and other areas. The group was given a ] for its attack on the ] oil fields in Romania, vital to ]. He retired as a ]. Harvey volunteered for military service in ] and was commissioned a ] in the ]. As an ] for the ], he served in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Romania. He retired as a ].

==Later life==
After Major Harvey returned to the United States, he resumed active management of the "Tex" Harvey Oil Company, of which he was president and sole owner. He published the book ''Creed of an American Business Man''.

In 1948 he purchased the Frederick W. Bonfils home in ], along with 320 acres, for just over $158,000. Two years later, he purchased another 160 acres in what is now the Lakeridge subdivision for $80,000. A few years later, Harvey decided to sell most of his land. He joined Aksel Nielsen of Mortgage Investments Company and planned a community of 1,662 homes to be called Harvey Park. He sold 318 acres for #30,000,000, keeping 2 acres and his home. The new owner petitioned ], for annexation in March 1953 (Catlett). In 1962 Harvey sold his mansion, liquidated his Denver businesses and moved to ], Texas.

Mr. Harvey retired in 1967 and moved to ], with his wife. He died on March 22, 1976, and was buried in ] in Denver, Colorado (Section Q site 7142). Sylva Harvey returned to Denver, where she lived until her death on February 6, 1996, at age 100. She was buried next to her husband in Fort Logan National Cemetery.


==See also== ==Post-war life==
In 1948 he purchased a 320-acre ranch in ], 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.<ref name="farmlands">{{cite book |last1=Catlett |first1=Sharon R. |title=Farmlands, Forts, and Country Life: The Story of Southwest Denver |date=2007 |publisher=Westcliffe Publishers |isbn=9781565795457 |pages=240 }}</ref> A ] of 1,662 homes called ] 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 ] in Denver, Colorado.
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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
* Catlett, Sharon R. ''Farmlands, Forts and Country Life, The Story of Southwest Denver'', Westcliff Publishers, 2007. {{ISBN|9781565795457}} pp.&nbsp;156–157.
* Crowell, Evelyn Miller, ed. Texas Edition: ''Men of Achievement'', John Moranz Associates, Dallas, Texas, 1948. {{OCLC|2623957}} pp.&nbsp;66–67.
* Farmer, Garland R. ''Realm of Rusk County'', Published by The Henderson Times, 1951. {{OCLC|1440757}} pp.&nbsp;185–188. * Farmer, Garland R. ''Realm of Rusk County'', Published by The Henderson Times, 1951. {{OCLC|1440757}} pp.&nbsp;185–188.
* "Prominent Businessman Of Denver in 1950s Dies." '']'' 24 March 1976, late ed.: 32. * "Prominent Businessman Of Denver in 1950s Dies." '']'' 24 March 1976, late ed.: 32.
* '']'', October 8, 1951.


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For other people named Arthur Harvey, see Arthur Harvey (disambiguation).
Arthur Harvey
Born(1895-09-26)September 26, 1895
Edom, Texas
DiedMarch 22, 1976(1976-03-22) (aged 80)
Corpus Christi, Texas
Ft. Logan National CemeteryDenver, Colorado

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 Edom, Texas. At age 16 he left school to do manual labor and eventually enlisted in the Fifth Texas Infantry. 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 battle stars at St. Mihiel, Champagne, 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 postal clerk in 1920. From 1923 to 1926, Harvey worked as chief clerk in San Antonio, Texas, and in 1926 he began working for the Bureau of Internal Revenue 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 East Texas Oil Field. Many of his subsequent prospects failed, but notable successes included patches in the East Long Lake field in Anderson County, Texas, and the Spraberry Trend near Midland, Texas.

World War II

Harvey volunteered for military service in World War II and was commissioned a captain in the Army Air Forces. As an intelligence officer for the 449th Bombardment Group, he served in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Romania. He retired as a major.

Post-war life

In 1948 he purchased a 320-acre ranch in Arapahoe County, Colorado, 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 planned community 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 Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

Further reading

  • Farmer, Garland R. Realm of Rusk County, Published by The Henderson Times, 1951. OCLC 1440757 pp. 185–188.
  • "Prominent Businessman Of Denver in 1950s Dies." The Denver Post 24 March 1976, late ed.: 32.

References

  1. Crowell, Evelyn Miller, ed. Texas Edition: Men of Achievement, John Moranz Associates, Dallas, Texas, 1948. pp. 66–67.
  2. "OIL: The Spraberry Trend". Time. United States: Time USA, LLC. 1951-10-08. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  3. Catlett, Sharon R. (2007). Farmlands, Forts, and Country Life: The Story of Southwest Denver. Westcliffe Publishers. p. 240. ISBN 9781565795457.
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