Albert Henderson Wade Ross Explained

Albert Henderson Wade Ross
Other Names:A.H.W. Wade
Birth Date:1884
Birth Place:Kentucky, U.S.
Death Date:1939
Death Place:U.S.
Occupation:Businessman, lawyer, newspaper owner, and baseball team owner

Albert Henderson Wade Ross (1884–1939), whose name is often abbreviated as A. H. W. Ross, was an American businessman, lawyer, newspaper owner, and baseball team owner. Ross and the Denver Independent Publishing Company were owners from 1913 to 1963 of The Denver Star (formerly The Statesman), an African-American newspaper.[1] [2] He owned and led the African American baseball team the Denver White Elephants, active from 1915 to 1935.[3] [4] Ross had also been the manager of the Rossonian Hotel (a NHRP-listed building) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, which was renamed after him in 1929.[5] [6] Some sources state that Ross owned the Rossonian starting in either 1928 or 1929, and others state he owned it in the mid-1930s.[7] [8] He had also worked in real estate and owned the Metropolitan Realty Co. (or Metropolitan Real Estate and Investing Company), and was a member of the Denver NAACP.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities . The Denver Star. [volume] ]. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov . 2577-2376 . sold the Denver Star to the Denver Independent Publishing Company which published the paper under this name until 1963..
  2. Web site: October 11, 2022 . Lost Issues of the African American Newspaper The Denver Star Find Home at Denver Public Library . Denver Public Library History . the niece of Denver Star owner, Albert Henderson Wade Ross.
  3. Web site: London . Nell . The White Elephants, An All-Black Team, Once Ruled Denver Baseball . 2023-02-11 . . en.
  4. Web site: Sanford . Jay . November 3, 2019 . The Negro Leagues . National Ballpark Museum.
  5. Web site: Rossonian Hotel . Colorado Encyclopedia. 16 March 2016 .
  6. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=95001009}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rossonian Hotel ]. February 10, 2023 . National Park Service. With
  7. Web site: 2019-09-15 . Go Behind Colorado's Rich History Of African-American Baseball . 2022-02-06 . CBS News . en-US.
  8. Book: Wintz . Cary D. . The Harlem Renaissance in the American West: The New Negro's Western Experience . Glasrud . Bruce A. . 2012-05-22 . Routledge . 978-1-136-64910-3 . 209 . en.
  9. News: 1922-03-11 . Denver Branch NAACP . 3 . . 2023-02-11.

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