# Arthur Harvey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Harvey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Harvey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Harvey > Source revision: 1351626035 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other people named Arthur Harvey, see [Arthur Harvey (disambiguation)](/source/Arthur_Harvey_(disambiguation)). Arthur Harvey Born (1895-09-26)September 26, 1895 Edom, Texas Died March 22, 1976(1976-03-22) (aged 80) Corpus Christi, Texas Ft. Logan National Cemetery Denver, Colorado **Arthur Harvey** (September 26, 1895 – March 22, 1976) was an American businessman best known as the namesake of the [Harvey Park](/source/Harvey_Park%2C_Denver) neighborhood of Denver. ## Early life and World War I Harvey was born in [Edom](/source/Edom%2C_Texas), Texas. At age 16 he left school to do manual labor and eventually enlisted in the Fifth Texas Infantry.[1] 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](/source/9th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)). Harvey was active from August 5, 1917, until August 18, 1919, receiving [battle stars](/source/Battle_stars) at [St. Mihiel](/source/Battle_of_Saint-Mihiel), [Champagne](/source/Fourth_Battle_of_Champagne), and [Meuse-Argonne](/source/Meuse-Argonne_Offensive) and exiting as a sergeant.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## 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](/source/Post_office) in 1920. From 1923 to 1926, Harvey worked as chief clerk in [San Antonio, Texas](/source/San_Antonio%2C_Texas), and in 1926 he began working for the [Bureau of Internal Revenue](/source/Internal_Revenue_Service) 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](/source/East_Texas_Oil_Field).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Many of his subsequent prospects failed, but notable successes included patches in the East Long Lake field in [Anderson County, Texas](/source/Anderson_County%2C_Texas), and the [Spraberry Trend](/source/Spraberry_Trend) near [Midland, Texas](/source/Midland%2C_Texas).[2] ## World War II Harvey volunteered for military service in [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and was commissioned a [captain](/source/Captain_(U.S._Army)) in the [Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces). As an [intelligence officer](/source/Intelligence_officer) for the [449th Bombardment Group](/source/449th_Bombardment_Group), he served in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Romania. He retired as a [major](/source/Major_(United_States)). ## Post-war life In 1948 he purchased a 320-acre ranch in [Arapahoe County, Colorado](/source/Arapahoe_County%2C_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.[3] A [planned community](/source/Planned_community) of 1,662 homes called [Harvey Park](/source/Harvey_Park%2C_Denver) 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](/source/Fort_Logan_National_Cemetery) in Denver, Colorado. ## Further reading - Farmer, Garland R. *Realm of Rusk County*, Published by The Henderson Times, 1951. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1440757](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1440757) pp. 185–188. - "Prominent Businessman Of Denver in 1950s Dies." *[The Denver Post](/source/The_Denver_Post)* 24 March 1976, late ed.: 32. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Crowell, Evelyn Miller, ed. Texas Edition: Men of Achievement, John Moranz Associates, Dallas, Texas, 1948. pp. 66–67. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-time_2-0)** ["OIL: The Spraberry Trend"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090907020926/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859404,00.html). *Time*. United States: Time USA, LLC. 1951-10-08. Archived from [the original](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859404,00.html) on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2022-05-27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-farmlands_3-0)** Catlett, Sharon R. (2007). *Farmlands, Forts, and Country Life: The Story of Southwest Denver*. Westcliffe Publishers. p. 240. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781565795457](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781565795457). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Harvey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Harvey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Harvey?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.