Huerfano County CO Archives Biographies.....Blickhahn, George Henry 1887 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 8, 2009, 9:48 pm Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918) GEORGE HENRY BLICKHAHN. George Henry Blickhahn, of Walsenburg, who has filled the office of deputy district attorney in Huerfano county, was born in Los Angeles, California, on the 30th of December, 1887, and is a son of Judge Henry and Anna (Ayer) Blickhahn. At the usual age he began his education in the public schools and promotion brought him to the high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906. He received his professional training in the University of Colorado, where he pursued the full course of law and was graduated with the LL. B. degree in the class of 1911. He then returned to Walsenburg, where he opened an office and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession, in which he has been very successful. Through the intervening years he has made steady progress owing to his close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics, to his thorough preparation of cases and the strength and ability with which he presents his cause to the courts. During one term of court after he had been in practice two years, he defended fourteen murder cases and cleared the defendant on each occasion. He is also city attorney and has been filling the office of deputy district attorney but at a recent date has resigned his position, wishing to concentrate his entire effort and attention upon general practice, for his clientage is steadily growing in volume and importance. On the 24th of July, 1912, Mr. Blickhahn was united in marriage to Miss Bernice Salter and they have a daughter, Mary Anna. Mr. Blickhahn is a third degree Mason and belongs to Walsenburg Lodge, No. 1086, B. P. O. E., of which he is a past exalted ruler. He occupied the chair of exalted ruler in 1914 and was reported to be the youngest to fill that position in the United States. He is also identified with the Order of the Eastern Star, of which he is past worthy patron, and he is a past commander of the Woodmen of the World. His military record covers three years' service with the Colorado National Guard. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is a most earnest champion of its principles. Public-spirited, he stands for all that has to do with the nation's welfare and progress and Is now acting as food administrator for Huerfano county. He is also a member of the legal advisory board to the local exemption board and he represents the custodian of alien property. He is young and popular, a most successful lawyer, a progressive and public-spirited citizen and a man whose many sterling traits of character have established him firmly in public regard. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF COLORADO ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1918 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/bios/blickhah282nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb