Dolores-San Juan County CO Archives Obituaries.....Hager, William April 3, 1918
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Linda Tremper ltremper1@comcast.net December 31, 2006, 12:01 am

newspaper clipping
Death of Dad Hager

William Hager a prospector of the pioneer type now rapidly disappearing in the 

most of the old mining camps of the state,died at his cabin home here at about 

midnight Wednesday April 3,1918 of lung trouble.He was in his sixty fourth 

year had been showing signs of debility for several months and was taken down 

with acute pneumonia about a week before death brought him release.William 

or "Dad" Hager as he was familiarly known was a native of the Empire State 

having first seen the light of day at Stony Point,Rockland County,New York.He 

first came to this camp about twenty years ago but did not remain here long at 

that time.In 1912 he returned to Rico and lived here continuosly from that 

year until his death.He engaged almost exclusively in prospecting,locating and 

partially developing a number of promising placer claims about four miles 

below Rico.From these he sluiced considerable free gold,but hardly enough to 

provide him a comfortable livelihood.He was known to be a man of his 

word,unobtrusive in his ways,yet always kindly as his nickname indicates.That 

he was a good citizen,patriotic to the core,is shown in the fact he 

distinguished himself locally by making things mighty unpleasant for certain 

offensive characters whom he caught in the act of desecrating the American 

flag.William Hager had been married but left no children.Some brothers,a 

sister and nieces all residing in New York state survive him.

Additional Comments:
I found this newspaper clipping in my Great Great Grandmother Susan Hager 

Roser Bible this was her youngest brother.Family story is he ran off as a 

young man to escape a relentless female admirer and joined the Gold Rush.

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