Ouray County CO Archives Biographies.....Von Hagen, H.  1862 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     H. Von Hagen, the largest land owner in Ouray county, and occupying one of
the most beautiful and completely equipped rural homes in Colorado with an
extensive and profitable stock industry to furnish him a reliable and
considerable income, seems proof against the winds of adversity and may laugh a
siege of fortune’s buffets to scorn.  What is more to his credit and comfort,
his possessions are the legitimate results of his own industry, thrift and
business capacity and those of his parents.  Mr. Von Hagen was born in Germany
in 1862, the son of Otto and Adelaide Von Hagen, also native there, and
emigrating from that country to this state in 1869.  On their arrival here they
settled near Colorado City and engaged in the stock business on a large scale. 
In 1876 they changed their residence where their son now lives, and continued
their industry, building up an unusually extensive business and making their
ranch one of the choice estates in this part of the commonwealth.  It is known
as the Pleasant Valley stock farm and comprises two thousand, five hundred acres
of excellent land, on which Mr. Von Hagen now runs about one thousand, five
hundred thoroughbred and high grade cattle and a large band of well-bred horses.
 The ranch is located six miles west of Ridgway [sic], and by means of the
railroad there is already means of shipment for the output of the place and easy
reach to the best markets.  Mr. Von Hagen is a careful herdsman, feeding his
stock all winter and thereby suffers no losses through exposure to the weather
and scarcity of provender.  On this place his parents expended the energies of
their later life, and here when their labors were ended they lay down to their
long rest, the father dying in 1893 and the mother in 1897.  Their offspring
numbered eight, four of whom are living, but the subject of these paragraphs is
the only one residing in this neighborhood.  In the public life of the community
he has always taken an active and serviceable interest, contributing everything
for the erection of his home schoolhouse, and leaving his impress in generosity
and enterprise on almost all undertakings for the advancement and general
improvement of the section in which he lives.  He is known far and wide as one
of the most progressive and public-spirited citizens of the county, and stands
well in the esteem of all his fellow citizens, not only for his qualities as a
broad-minded and capable aid in the development of the region in which he has
cast his lot, but also as a man of high character, generous impulses, agreeable
social qualities and a wealth of world wisdom which is everywhere and always
useful and freely available to all who seek his counsel. He is a member of the
order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America, and
each of these orders has felt the force of his influence and the benefit of his
energy.  In 1895 he was married to Miss Lucy Woodhouse, a native of New Jersey,
who came to this section with her parents in early life.  Their family consists
of four daughters, Alma, Elizabeth, Hilda and Dora.  

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

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