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GARFIELD
COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
Charles Herbert (Herb) Arnett was a resident
of Divide Creek and later of Rulison.
He was born June
29, 1892 in Benton County Missouri and passed away June 15,
1973 in Craig Colorado.
His parents moved to Idaho in
1907, then in 1910 to Sterling Colorado. He married 16 year
old Mary Henderson April 24, 1919 in Iliff Colorado. Iliff
is about 12 miles northeast of Sterling.
He entered the
Army May 23, 1919, and served in France in WW1 with the
American Expeditionary Forces. A bio says he served in
several battles there.
He and Mary raised 4 sons,
Herbert, Bob, Charles, and Kenneth. And they raised 3
daughters, Goldie, Ruby, and Verna.
After the war they
lived in Iowa for a period of time then returned to
Colorado. Charles was a rancher for most of his life. Just
prior to his death, he had resided in Grand Junction.
His
wife Mary was born July 29, 1902 in Union County Iowa and
passed away October 27, 1970 in Rifle.
Charles funeral
was with military honors at the First Christian Church in
Rifle. He and Mary are buried at Rose Hill.
Charles Herbert Arnett WWI Photo
Charles
Arnett on the left- unknown person on the right
 
From Helen Arnett
Bob already had his dad's spurs,
boots and rifles. One day he went to Arizona with Patti and Dianna.
On the
way home they stopped at the C-store in Blanding, Utah. He wandered around
inside for a while and came out and told the girls "I think I'll buy a saddle".
They laughed and wondered why he would want a saddle.
When he got home, he
couldn't stop thinking about that saddle. He remembered a Bull Moose saddle just
like it that his dad had when Bob was just a kid. He was often in trouble for
playing on that saddle and one day it fell with him and he put a scratch on it.
(He was in trouble.)
Once a horse fell with his dad and that saddle and it
had to be repaired on the right swell. His dad got rid of the saddle when Bob
was about 13. He never saw it again.
One day we decided to call that
C-store. The lady was very nice and yes she would hold it for him. Patti took
him back to Blanding and he bought the saddle, hoping he had remembered it
right.
He oiled it and oiled it and searched for the initials. Leta and her
friend Lisa used their cell phones and then there it was, under the saddle horn.
(CHA) Charles Herbert Arnett. Final proof it was the saddle.
The saddle had
made its rounds for 73 years and now it was home.
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