RIEHL, G. A., b 1861 1905 Bio, Delta County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/delta/bios/riehlga.txt --------------------------------------- Donated September 12, 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- G.A. Riehl G.A. Riehl, of Delta county, who is conducting an excellent ranch of one hundred and sixty acres four miles and a half west of Hotchkiss, ten acres of which are in fruit and forty in alfalfa, from all of which he gets abundant crops of superior quality, is a native of Pennsylvania, born on May 20, 1861, and the son of John A. and Minnie (Kremer) Riehl, who were born and reared in Germany. They settled in Pennsylvania in early life, and there the mother died in May, 1887. Two years after her death the father came to Colorado, where he died in 1894. He was a Union soldier during the Civil war and took part in many of its principal battles. He received injuries in the service which necessitated his passing some time in a hospital. The son received a common-school education in his native state, and in July, 1880, came west to Missouri. Here he was engaged about a year and a half in cigar making, then returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1887, when he became a resident of Colorado, locating first at Sterling, Logan county, and there carrying on the cattle business until 1893. In that year he disposed of his interests in the eastern part of the state and moved to Delta county, purchasing the ranch of one hundred and sixty acres on which he now lives, arriving here on March 26th, and soon afterward making the purchase. This place, which was wild and undeveloped when he located on it, he has greatly improved and skillfully cultivated, making his work on it profitable in annual crops and increasing the value of his land by judicious erection of good buildings and other structures. He has set out ten acres in fruit and has forty in alfalfa, and the yield from these sources form his principal crops, although he raises large quantities of potatoes also at considerable profit. Mr. Riehl was married on the 1st day of June, 1883, to Miss Catherine Deibel, a native of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, of parents born in Germany and still living in Pennsylvania, where the father works at his trade as a carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Riehl have had seven children, three of whom are living, Herman, Edgar and Minnie, and still at home with their parents. Fraternally Mr. Reil [sic] is an Odd Fellow, politically he is a Socialist, and in religious faith belongs to the Lutheran church. Tried in several lines of active usefulness and in different parts of the country, he has never been found wanting in the faithful discharge of duty, and wherever he has lived has had the respect and confidence of the people around him. His citizenship here and elsewhere has been serviceable and of a character to commend him to the approval of all who know him. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.