Samuel Hartsel

Samuel Hartsel
Born(1834-11-22)November 22, 1834
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 20, 1918(1918-11-20) (aged 83)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
OccupationRancher
Spouse
Nancy Hartsel
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(m. 1877)​
Children4

Samuel Hartsel (November 22, 1834 – November 20, 1918) was an American rancher. The town of Hartsel, Colorado was named after him.

Life and career

Hartsel was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. At the age of 15, he became interested in cattle. He moved to South Park, Colorado, where he had worked as a cowman.

Hartsel worked as a blacksmith and had his own trading post serving the Ute people before becoming a rancher; he owned Hartsel Ranch. He also opened a hotel called The Hartsel Hotel.

Hartsel decided to retire from ranching in the 1900s, selling his ranch and moving with his family to Denver, Colorado.

Hartsel died in November 1918 in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 83. He was buried in Fairmount Cemetery.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Laura King Van Dusen, "Samuel Hartsel: 1860s Pioneer Rancher, One of Colorado's First Cattlemen. Founded Town of Hartsel", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 21–27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hendren, Rick (May 16, 1971). "Hartsel Started as a Cattle Ranch to Become One of State's Favorite Spas". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. Colorado Springs, Colorado. p. 90. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. 1 2 3 Flynn, Jim (December 5, 2016). A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 115–116. ISBN 9781439658734 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 26. Retrieved October 22, 2022.