Rich Roy Thomson

Rich Roy Thomson (1881-1950) was born in Missouri, but moved with his family in the early 1890s to the frontier mining town of Aspen, Colorado where he developed a reputation as a top cowboy, and involved in breaking horses, prospecting, was a renowned rodeo star in the region, guide, and joined the US Forest Service in 1907. Rich worked for approximately 20 years for the Federal government, first for the Forest Service in its formative years, later for the U.S. Grazing Service, mostly based in...See more

Rich Roy Thomson (1881-1950) was born in Missouri, but moved with his family in the early 1890s to the frontier mining town of Aspen, Colorado where he developed a reputation as a top cowboy, and involved in breaking horses, prospecting, was a renowned rodeo star in the region, guide, and joined the US Forest Service in 1907. Rich worked for approximately 20 years for the Federal government, first for the Forest Service in its formative years, later for the U.S. Grazing Service, mostly based in Colorado. After retiring, he founded a horse and guiding business, guiding hunters and trail-riders, involving the whole Thomson family. He died in 1950, shortly after tragically losing his sight. See less