The Coconino sun., 1923-04-13
COL. GEO. HOCHDERFFER
ATTAINING FAME IN N, Y.

Col. Geo. Hochderffer is receiving
much favorable notice in New York
papers as an artist He was recently
elected president of the Queens Bor-
ough Arts and Crafts society and un-
der fine photo, the Long Island, IN.
Y.) Life has this to say of him:
George Hochderffer, newly elected
president of the Greensboro Sciety of
Allied Arts and Crafts, Inc, Is an ex-
ample of man educated for other
professions winning success in art la
ter in life. Mr.. Hochderffer is second
eldest of a family of IL, and was born
near Bethel, Illinois, at the critical
time of the rebellion, December %,
1863. His father, well-to-do farmer
in sympathy with the south, found so
many complications during the years
4 following the war that he moved to
central Kansas, at that time the west
ern border of civilization. The grass
hopper plague soon turned the family
/ back to the old home in Illinois. The
! impression made, however, upon the
adventurous spirit of George by the
sight of vast herds of buffalo, and of
antelope, also by coyotes and by the
prairie chickens in such numbers as
to darken the sky at times, caused
him to return to Kansas four years
later. The antelope and the prairie
| chicken were yet numerous, also the
coyote, but the buffalo had almost
| disappeared. It seemed incredible
that this could have happened within
so short time. Domestic cattle were
now ranging the plains.
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times found few struggling buffalo
| later on. On one occasion coming up
on lone buffalo he wagered with his
/ cowboy companion that if the latter
would rope the bull that he (George)
would ride him. The buffalo was
promptly roped and George rode him
I into the wild and woody town of Dodge
City, Kansas, where the bull was tam
! ed and became a fixture and nuis-
ance as well.
! Mr. Hochderffer is proud of the
{ fact that he has never killed g buff
( falo, but hunting being his favorite
sport, he was not lenient with other
big game, especially with the bear,
Of which he hunted and killed some
of all kinds; the black, the brown and
the silvertip, all Of which were found
in Arizona, to which territory he had
migrated in the spring of 1887. At
first a cowboy, then a rancher, he
has maintained his ranch interests to
the present time.
1 Being Of unusual versatility, he held
political positions and did botanical
field work throughout the southwest
ern states, and all the states Of old
Mexico for the government of the
United States. He took part in Indian
campaigns under the commission Of
captain. He was later commissioned
major and then lieutenant colonel
As such he was retired upon the
eligible list after serving more than
twenty years in the National Guard
OF Arizona.
Early in life Mr.. Hochderffer show
ed liking for art, but not until later
did he give all his time to improve
his skill in painting. He studied flora
and fauna at the University Of Ari-
IONA, anatomy at Harvard, and water
color painting with Professor Martin
at Columbia, and oil painting with
Professor Bennett of Columbia and
landscape painting with Professor Ro-
sen of The Art Students League of
New York. He later painted under
the tuition of Joseph K. Dommerqpe
and under the influence of August
Parrot of the greensboro Society of
Allied Arts and Crafts, Inc.
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