Ronnow, C. C.

Charles Christian (C. C.) Ronnow moved to Nevada in 1868 when his father, C. P. Ronnow, was called by the Church of Latter-day Saints leader Brigham Young to settle the Moapa Valley. C. C. Ronnow attended Brigham Young University and served as bishop of Panaca, Nevada in 1884. He also served as a schoolteacher.

C. C. Ronnow became business partners with Ed W. Clark, and together they ran the Ed W. Clark Forwarding Company, which transported freight from the Union Pacific Railroad. Clark, another prominent politician and businessman in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a lifelong friend of the Ronnow family. Clark started the Southern Nevada Power Company, of which C. C. Ronnow’s son, C. L. Ronnow, eventually became vice president in 1946.

C. C. Ronnow moved to Las Vegas in 1905, the new headquarters of the Clark Forwarding Company. In 1908, he was appointed president of the Las Vegas school board. In 1910 and 1912, he won elections for Clark County Commissioner. He was also a member of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. C. C. Ronnow died in 1945. In 1965, the Clark County School District named an elementary school in his honor.

Sources:

A. D. Hopkins, "Ed Clark," Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 7, 1999. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/ed-clark

Clark County Parks and Recreation, "Commissioner Charles Christian Ronnow." May 25, 2012. http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/parks/Documents/centennial/commissioners/commissioner-c-ronnow.pdf