Crawford Hill (March 29, 1862–December 22, 1922) was a businessman from

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, the president of a number of companies. He was commissioned a colonel and on the military staffs of Governors

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(second term). Hill was director at the Colorado Museum of Natural History and the

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Early years

Crawford Hill was born on March 29, 1862, in

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, to Alice (Hale) Hill and Nathaniel P. Hill while a professor at Brown University. His family moved to Colorado in 1867 and he attended grammar school in Black Hawk. He attended the English and Classical School in Providence to prepare for college. He graduated from Brown University in 1885.

Career

In August 1885, he joined his father's newspaper, the ''Denver Republican'' and remained there until about 1889. He inherited the paper when his father died and it became an influential paper throughout Colorado and the Mid-West. It also made him a fortune. He was second vice president of

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and president of The Republican Publishing Company. Hill was the president of Denargo Land Company and The Hill Land & Investment Company. He was the president of the board of trustees of the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company. Hill had executive positions at other organizations. He was commissioned a colonel and on the military staffs of Governors

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(second term). Hill was director at the Colorado Museum of Natural History and the

Personal life

Louise Sneed Hill with sons, Crawford Jr

On January 15, 1895, he married Louise Bethell Sneed in

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. They had two sons, Nathaniel Peter Hill and Crawford Hill. The Hills were Denver socialites. He was a member of a number of clubs and organizations in Denver and the

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. The Hills built Crawford Hill Mansion at Tenth and Sherman Streets in 1905. With Hill died on December 22, 1922.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Crawford 1862 births 1922 deaths Businesspeople from Denver American newspaper publishers (people)