Harlan

His given first name was Harlan but very few people knew him by that.

Harlan was a Railway Express Agent for the Union Pacific Railroad stationed in the small railroad town of Moapa NV.

Harlan made the use of one name popular way before celebrities started doing it.

Harlan was known along the railroad from Omaha to LA and he never had to use his first or last name when he signed his work. The same applied when he corresponded to friends most of who did not know his first name..

Harlan was not a large man but he cast a long shadow.

Harlan was not a college educated man but was one of the wisest and smartest men I have ever known.

Harlan taught me about life by living life and letting me learn from observing. Who I am is because of who he was.

Harlan passed away in 1976 and not a day has gone by that he is not in my thoughts.

On This Fathers Day I am thinking of my dad Wag.