Mesa County CO Archives Biographies.....Buchmann, Max July 24, 1876 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     During almost the whole of his life since leaving school Max Buchmann,

cashier of the Grand Valley National Bank of Grand Junction, has been connected

with the banking and stock brokerage business in some form, and his adaptability

to its requirements and the masterful manner in which he meets them proves the

wisdom of his choice of occupation and justifies the confidence of those for

whom he employs his abilities.  He was born at Adelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany, on

July 24, 1876, the son of Ben and Caroline (Kramer) Buchmann, descendants of

long lines of ancestors born and reared in that portion of the fatherland, both

families having lived there hundreds of years.  The mother is deceased and the

father is still living in his native place.  Max is their only son and third

child.  He was reared to the age of seventeen in the place of his nativity, and

was educated there in the primary and high schools.  At the age of thirteen he

was apprenticed to a merchant in the woolen and banking business, with whom he

remained four years.  He then came to the United States, landing in New York

city, where he was employed in clerical work two years.  At the end of that time

he determined to seek a home and estate in the West and came to this state for

the purpose, arriving at Colorado Springs in January, 1896.  For six months he

followed mining in Boulder county.  He then returned to Colorado Springs and

became connected with the banking and brokerage business, in which he continued

at that point until January, 1902, when he moved to Grand Junction to take the

position of cashier of the Grand Valley National Bank, then being established,

and this position he has held continuously since that time.  On February 12,

1902, he was married to Miss Carrie Kahn, a native of Quincy, Illinois, reared

and educated in Chicago.  They have one child, their son Max, Jr., born in May,

1903.  Mr. Buchmann takes an earnest and helpful interest in local affairs at

all times.  He was one of the founders of the Chamber of Commerce of Grand

Junction, and has been of great service in many other lines of fruitful

activity, withholding his aid from no worthy enterprise in which the welfare of

the community is involved.  He is the local representative at the Junction of

Verner Z. Reed, of Colorado Springs, one of the controlling factors of the Grand

Valley National Bank, the Reed building Company, the Grand Junction Town and

Development Company, and the Western Real Estate and Securities Company, all of

which have large investments in Mesa county.  Mr. Reed’s interests at this point

are known to be in safe and capable hands, as is shown by the skill and success

with which they are managed.  In the social life of the community, Mr. and Mrs.

Buchmann have a high standing.  In business circles he is recognized as a wise

counselor and a stimulating force.  And in domestic life he furnishes an example

of lofty ideals zealously followed.

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



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