Born April 19, 1934 in Beaver, Utah, Barlow attended Cedar High School where he served as the business manager for the school year book and performed in theater and sports. He married his wife Virginia on June 28, 1952 and together they would have five children.

He moved to Ely where he opened his own insurance agency. In the mid-1970s he was first elected a City Councilman and was elected Mayor of Ely, serving in that capacity from 1983 to 1987. During his time as Mayor he campaigned heavily for one of the two new state pris-ons to be built near Ely to help offset the economic impact of Kennecott’s closures.

Providing letters of support and giving testimony, he pushed for the formation of the Great Basin National Park, the first national park in the State of Nevada.

To further solidify Ely’s future he pushed hard for the formation of the White Pine Historic Railroad Foundation, the precursor to the Neva-da Northern Railawy Foundation, and the open-ing of the East Ely Yard as a museum.

With the help of other community leaders and strong support from the community at large all three projects were successful.

He would then volunteer for the railroad becoming the “voice of the Ghost Train of Old Ely” narrating the ride for the visitors. He rode the train a total of 572 times sharing local stories and folklore to thousands of riders. In 1997 he was honored as volunteer of the year.

In addition to his many community and church activities he had a love of cars and racing, proudly owning a Opal GT, and in 1972 won the Silver State Classic Challenge.

Barlow passed away on July 30, 2014 and is buried in his hometown of Beaver, UT.