Sacramento County
Biographies
HARVEY
RASMUSSEN
HARVEY RASMUSSEN.--A thoroughly experienced hotel keeper familiar with California conditions, who conducts his establishment as a modern, up-to-date hostelry, affording strictly first-class service, is Harvey Rasmussen, the wide-awake proprietor of the popular Anchor Hotel. He was born in Denmark, on March 1, 1882, the son of Jens and Annie Rasmussen, and enjoyed the educational advantages of the excellent Danish schools. Crossing the Atlantic to the United States in 1899, when he was seventeen years of age, he came West as far as Iowa, and there spent three years in agricultural pursuits. Moving on to San Francisco, he entered the employ of the United States government, and for some years was in the transport service. In 1906, he came to Sacramento, which so well satisfied him as both a place of residence and activity, that he was in business here for thirteen years.
In 1919, Mr. Rasmussen built the Anchor Hotel, a modern, fire-proof building with 147 rooms, and a large store-room beneath the structure, at 308 J Street, becoming proprietor of one of the most attractive edifices of its kind at the California capital. His aim has always been to render an unexcelled service, and having attained this ambition, it is natural that the highly-progressive community of Sacramento should show its appreciation, and pay him the highest respect. Mr. Rasmussen is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and he never foregoes an opportunity to do what he can to “boost” Sacramento City and County. He is a Republican in national politics.
Mr. Rasmussen was married at Sacramento, in 1907, to Miss Ellen Gold, a native daughter, and they have one daughter, Lucile. He belongs to the Eagles, and the Dania Society, and liberally supports the Y. M. C. A., and its excellent programs; and like most of his fellow-countrymen, he is fond of fishing and out-of-door life.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 940.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.