Samuel Hartsel (November 22, 1834 – November 20, 1918) was an American rancher The town of

Hartsel, Colorado Hartsel is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Park County, Colorado United States. The Hartsel post office has the ZIP Code 80449. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the 80449 ZIP Code Tabulatio ...

was named after him.

Life and career

Hartsel was born in

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. At the age of 15, he became interested in

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. He moved to South Park, Colorado, where he had worked as a cowman. Hartsel worked as a

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and had his own

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serving the

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before becoming a

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er; he owned Hartsel Ranch. He also opened a

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

called The Hartsel Hotel. Hartsel decided to retire from ranching in the 1900s, selling his ranch and moving with his family to

Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

was named after him Hartsel died in November 1918 in

, at the age of 83. He was buried in Fairmount Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartsel, Samuel 1834 births 1918 deaths People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania People from Park County, Colorado People from Denver Ranchers from Colorado Farmers from Colorado Businesspeople from Colorado American city founders Burials at Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)