Hull, Frank; 1905 Bio, Routt County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/routt/bios/hullf.txt --------------------------------------- Donated April 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Frank Hull Coming to Colorado in 1877, and locating at Georgetown among the earliest settlers of the neighborhood, without a dollar of capital, afterward becoming the third man to locate at Steamboat Springs, and now one of the substantial and prosperous ranch and cattle men of Routt county, Frank Hull shows in his career the wealth of opportunity in this state for thrift and energy, and justifies the estimation in which he is held as a far-seeing, enterprising and ready man. He was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, near the city of Oskaloosa, on July 28, 1857, his parents, Benjamin F. and Nancy (Shilling) Hull, who were born and reared in Pennsylvania, having made that portion of the Mississippi valley their home soon after their marriage. The father was a farmer and prosperous at the business, with some of its reverses intersprinkled with his prosperity. He was a Republican in political allegiance and both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. The mother died in 1865 and the father in 1894. They had three children, two of whom are living, Mrs. William Shoeberlein and Frank. The latter received a common and high-school education, and at the age of fifteen began to make his own living by working on farms near his home for wages. After pursuing this means of advancement for a few years he began to farm for himself, and continued to do so in his native state until 1874, then moved to Kansas, where he clerked in a hardware store in Lyon county and completed his education. In 1877 he came to Colorado and, locating at Georgetown, found employment in a saw-mill for two years. At the end of that period he moved to Leadville, and after following the same vocation there a few months returned to Georgetown, where he again engaged in it until 1882. He then conducted a sheep ranch on the plains for a time and in the winter of 1883 worked in the Rio Grande Railroad shops at Denver. In March, 1884, he took up a ranch in Routt county on a pre-emption claim, and after making some improvements on it sold it to William W. Adair in 1901. After that he located another ranch, of which he has since sold all but one hundred and twenty acres, the whole body of which is arable and under cultivation. Here he is peacefully established and carrying on a profitable stock industry, running both cattle and horses, and raising good crops of hay, grain and vegetables. His location, five miles south of Steamboat Springs, is one of the best in this part of the county, and is well supplied with water and improved with good buildings. He also owns the Onyx Hotel at the Springs and a number of promising coal claims. In political relations he is a confirmed Socialist. On July 27, 1877, he was married to Miss Rose Suttle, a native of Lyon county, Kansas. They have had six children, of whom Ethel, Victor and an infant have died, and Cora B., Horace and Beulah are living. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.