Early Years
H. S. "Andy" Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. When he was a teenager he moved with his family to Turret, Colorado. At the age of 16 he left home to work as a cowboy. While he was out working as a cowpoke earning a meager $30 per month he began to develop ideas for wood carved characters. Andy wrote in his book "One day a cowboy rode in from Wyoming, who was the homeliest man I had ever laid eyes on. All the rest of that day I could see him in my mind and thought, 'What a good character he would make for a wood carving!' He was my first model, and this was my first attempt at carving a likeness of anyone. The figure of this old weather-beaten cowpoke turned out real good (much to my surprise) and from then on I started carving characters."
In 1927 Andy moved to California to be near his parents. His figure carving began to develop as he was creating characters of the Old West. He began carving full-time and earned a respectable living through the 1930s.
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