Gunnison County CO Archives Biographies.....Miller, C.G. 1855 - ?
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Progressive Men of Western Colorado



     Having passed more than a quarter of a century in the mining regions of

Colorado, and been engaged in various occupations in different places in the

state, C.G. Miller, of Gunnison county, located about six miles north of the

town of the same name, is well acquainted with the habits and customs of the

people, the conditions and requirements of progressive activity and the pursuits

for which it offers favorable opportunity.  Having tried several lines of work

he has settled down to that of ranching as best adapted to his tastes and

capacity and as most in accord with the bulk of his experience, thus showing

wisdom in knowing how to choose and in adhering to his choice.  He was born in

1855 in the state of Ohio, and is the son of E.A. and Phoebe A. (Bishop) Miller,

the former like himself a native of Ohio, and the latter of Michigan.  In 1857

the family moved to Iowa, and there Mr. Miller grew to manhood and was educated,

and there his parents are still living and engaged in farming.  He is the first

born of their nine children, and the conditions were such that his opportunities

for attending even the district schools in his neighborhood were limited and

irregular.  At the age of fourteen he started out in life for himself, engaging

in farming near his home until he was twenty-two.  Then, in the fall of 1877 he

came to Colorado and located at Colorado Springs, where he remained until the

spring of 1880.  At that time he migrated to Leadville and found employment in

freighting for about six months, at the end of which he went to Buena Vista and

followed the same occupation in that vicinity until 1884.  Returning to

Leadville in that year, he engaged in teaming, hauling wood and other

commodities for about two years in and near that camp, then went to Aspen and

there followed freighting until 1887.  From that time until the spring of 1890

he was in the saw-mill business, operating mills in Eagle county, where he once

more turned his attention to the cultivation of the soil and the rearing of

cattle, the occupations of his boyhood, youth and early manhood.  He employed

himself in ranching in Eagle county until the spring of 1902, at which time he

found a more congenial field for his operations in this pursuit in Gunnison

county and on the ranch he now owns and occupies.  He was married in November,

1881, to Miss Laura E. Stevens, of Colorado Springs, and they have four

children, Ethel G., Edwin L., Edith L. and Ena B.  Their home is a pleasant one

and the business of the farm is well conducted.  Mr. Miller would seem to be

safely anchored on the sunny side of fortune and secure against the winds of

adversity.  He stands well in the community, being recognized as a progressive

and enterprising citizen, a good farmer, an upright man and a generous friend

and neighbor.  

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From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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