The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-02-15
SAMUEL HARTzELl,
A REAL 0LD-TIMER,
VISITS CANON CITY

Samuel Hartzell of Denver, one of
the pioneer settlers of Colorado, is
spending few days in Canon City
looking after some business matters
requiring his attention. Mr.. Hartzell
has lived in this state since May. 1860,
and has had an experience such as
comes to but few men. He was the
original owner of the hot springs and
the land on which the town of Hart
zell in Park county now stands. in
fact, the town was named for him.
He sold the hot springs and townsite
at HartzelI eight years ago to Mr..
Mason of Evanston, Illinois, for $780,
600 and has since made his home in
Denver.
Mr.. Hartzell is native of Penn
sylvania and lived in Kansas from
1856 to 1860 where he was a specta-
tor of many of the exciting incidents
that occurred in that section of the
country during the period that pre-
ceded the outbreak of the Civil war.
Mr. Hartzell first came to Fremont
county in the fall of 1860 when he
brought one hundred and fifty yoke
of oxen here from South Park and
wintered them on Beaver creek,
where there was more feed for such
livestock than in his part of the
state. The following spring he drove
the oxen to Denver where they were
slaughtered for the use of the gov
ernment troops stationed at various
military posts in the west.
The next year Mr.. Hartzeu en-
gagged in ranching for himself in Park
county and made big success OF his
undertaking. When he disposed of
his ranching interests eight years.
ago he had 1000 head of finely bred
Short Horn Durham cattle, which
brot him in a tidy sum of money.
He had at that time in the vicinity
of Hartzell 5000 acres of decided
land and altogether $4,000 acres un-
der fence; 5000 acres of it being gov
ernment property which he had leas-
ed for grazing purposes.
In the early days, both in this state
and Kansas, Mr. Hartzell was extern
sively engaged in trading with the
Indians and found it more or less
lucrative business. After coming to
Colorado he bartered with the Indians
for furs and peltry of all kinds and
accumulated large stock of that
class of merchandise every year,
which he disposed of to buyers in
Denver at good prices. The Ute In
dians carried on a big trade with
the Navajos of New Mexico and Mr..
Hartzeli obtained from the former.
many fine blankets for few dollars
which he afterwards sold to white
people for many times what they cost
him.
When he sold his ranch at Hartzell
eight years ago he got ten dollars
an acre for it, which was consider
ed good price for it at that time.
After removing to Denver in 1908
his wife died and since then Mr..
HartZell has spent portion of each
year in travel; going usually to Cali
fornia or some warm latitude for
the winter months. A few years ago
he visited st. Petersburg. Florida,
and made a side trip to Cuba and the
islands of the West Indies. He ex.
poets to leave shortly on a pleasure
trip to Los Angeles and other
points in southern California.
Mr.. Hartzell has i've daughters, all
married. most OF whom live in Colo
rado. One son died while the fam.
lily home was on the ranch in Park
county. Mr.. Hartzell owns a lot of
suburban residence properties about
Denver and devotes most of his time
TO looking after them. Most of the
older residents of Canon City are
acquainted with Mr.. HartzeIl.