[1] He worked in the company office until he left for France in 1918 and was transferred to the Second Division of the Regular Army, where he was assigned to the 9th Infantry.

[citation needed] After his discharge, Harvey returned to Rusk County and farmed for a year, but the failure of the crop forced him to sell the land.

[2] Harvey volunteered for military service in World War II and was commissioned a captain in the Army Air Forces.

After several failed ventures including a refrigerated storage business, Harvey was forced to sell most of the land to a private developer.

[3] A planned community of 1,662 homes called Harvey Park was created on the land around his remaining two acres.