Ramsey, Guy Reed

Guy Reed Ramsey was born on August 15, 1894 at Warrensburg, Missouri where he was educated in the public schools. After high school graduation in 1913, he entered the tire business. He worked in stores in Kansas City, MO; Joplin, MO and Jacksonville, FL. After he served a year in World War I, he returned to Kansas City. At the age of 31, he enrolled in the College of Forestry at the University of Washington. He received his bachelor's degree in 1929 and a Master of Science in Forestry in 1931. He taught at the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery, served as foreman in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps at Mount Rainier National Park and Riverside State Park, and taught for 10 years at Iowa State College. In 1944 he returned to Portland, OR to join a wood preservative business. After retiring in January 1960, he assembled historical information on post offices of the State of Washington and prepared it in manuscript form under the title Postmarked Washington. Ramsey passed away in 1980.