Eugene N. “Pete” Harlow, 87, a long time Raymond resident, passed away Wednesday, April 11, in Fresno, surrounded by his children, grandchildren, sisters and nephews. A native of the Usona area of Mariposa, Pete was born on October 12, 1930 to Maude Leonard Harlow and Ed Harlow at the family home ranch on Usona Road.
His maternal grandfather was Archibald Campbell Leonard, a noted guide and one of the first rangers of Yosemite National Park. Leonard accompanied President Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir on their 1903 tour of Yosemite. His father Ed Harlow, was one of the first Native-Americans in the state of California to be elected to a county seat when he was elected to the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors in 1936.