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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 418-419




	ARNOLD W. THORMANN.

	Arnold W. Thormann, who is engaged in the drug business in Fort 
Collins, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on the 25th of May, 1869, and is a 
son of Dr. George F. and Marie (Brandstetter) Thormann, the former a 
native of Germany, while the latter was born in Switzerland. The father 
came to America about 1848 and located in southern Illinois, where he 
resided for a few years. He then removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he 
engaged in the practice of medicine. He had early studied for the 
profession and had practiced in Paris, France, and in Switzerland 
before crossing the Atlantic to the new world. He followed his 
profession in Dubuque throughout his remaining days, becoming 
recognized as one of the able and distinguished physicians of that 
city. He there passed away at the age of seventy-four years, while his 
wife died on the 11th of February, 1911, at the age of seventy-eight 
years.

	Arnold W. Thormann was reared and educated in Dubuque and in 
Chicago. He supplemented his early school training by study in the 
University of Illinois, where he pursued a course in pharmacy, being 
graduated there with the class of 1889. He has since engaged in the 
drug business, which he has followed in various places. He was 
registered as a pharmacist in Iowa and Illinois when twenty-one years 
of age. He worked in different stores in Chicago for six years and 
after remaining in the employ of others for four years he purchased a 
stock of drugs in that city and carried on business on his own account 
for two years. In September, 1898, he removed to Asheville, North 
Carolina, for the benefit of his wife's health and was engaged in the 
drug business at that place for eight years, at the end of which time 
he disposed of his interests in the south and came to Colorado, hoping 
that the change of climate would prove beneficial to his wife. He then 
engaged in business in Golden, Colorado, for two years, after which he 
was not active in commercial circles for a year. In 1910 he established 
his home at Fort Collins, Larimer county, and purchased the stock of 
drugs of a bankrupt merchant and has since carried on the business, 
which he has greatly enlarged and developed. In tact he has built up a 
wonderful business and has won notable success. He has owned tour 
different stores in the past twenty-two years and all have been wisely, 
carefully and profitably conducted. He has been a close student of 
every phase of the drug trade and his enterprise, determination and 
close application have brought him notable success. Mr. Thormann is a 
great lover of horses and dogs and is the owner of a registered saddle 
horse and registered Airedale dog. He has trained several horses and 
has the reputation of being as good a horse trainer as there is in this 
part of the country.

	On the 9th of November, 1896, Mr. Thormann was united in marriage 
to Miss Marie L. Grill, who passed away after a long illness on the 3d 
of September, 1916. On the 27th of October, 1917, Mr. Thormann wedded 
Miss Emma A. Grill, a sister of his first wife and a daughter of Jacob 
and Louise (Hale) Grill, both of whom were natives of Germany but came 
to America at an early day, settling in Dubuque, Iowa. Her father was a 
mechanic and followed his trade there throughout the remainder of his 
life, becoming superintendent of large iron works in Dubuque. He has 
passed away, but his widow survives and is now living in Chicago.

	Fraternally Mr. Thormann is connected with the Knights of Pythias 
and politically is a republican, while his religious faith is that of 
the Presbyterian church. He is one of the trustees of the church and an 
active worker in its interests. He resides at No. 824 West Olive street 
in Port Collins, where he owns an attractive home, while his business 
is located in the Northern Hotel building. While ambitious to win 
success along commercial lines, he has never made this the end and aim 
of his life but has always recognized his opportunities and obligations 
in other directions and has become an active and earnest worker in the 
church and in the Young Men's Christian Association and has also done 
most effective work in promoting the plans and projects of the Chamber 
of Commerce relating to the welfare and upbuilding of the city at 
large.