Robert T. Bollen
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 824

Robert T. Bollen, deceased, was a pioneer in Arizona 
connected with business interests of Casa Grande, as 
proprietor of a large livery stable and hay and grain 
business.  He was a native of Texas, born near San 
Antonio and spent the early years of his life in Illinois 
but came as a pioneer into the western country.  He located 
in California in 1850 and spent five years mining on the 
Fraser River.  The year 1855 he was in Oregon, where he 
participated in the Rogue River Indian War and for that 
service he later received a pension from the Government.  
From Oregon he went to British Columbia, where he mined for 
six years  and then went to Virginia City, Nevada.  He also 
engaged in cattle raising and came to Arizona in 1877.  For 
a number of years he drove a stage between Florence and Casa 
Grande but abandoned that occupation to ranching and cattle 
dealing.  Afterward he conducted a large livery stable.  He 
died March 9, 1915 at the age of seventy four years.

On the 9th of January 1913, Mr. Bollen married Miss Carmelita 
Lopez, a young lady of marked musical talent, playing several 
different instruments and possessing a fine voice.  She is a 
native of Florence and is considered one of the best singers 
in Arizona.



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