Routt County CO Archives Biographies.....Squire, Albert  April 7, 1853 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     There is scarcely a parallel in human history to the benefactions the

United States of America have furnished to mankind.  When laid open to the gaze

of over-crowded and over-wrought Europe, as it was at that time, it was a range

of boundless opportunity for enterprise, waiting only for the hand of systematic

industry to develop its resources and test its stores of hidden wealth flowing

through all the channels of trade, and inviting the world to come and put the

currents in motion.  The world has accepted and is still accepting the

invitation, and here upon our soil we have a real democracy of labor in its

shirt sleeves at work where work will pay.  Among the men of foreign birth who

have come hither with high hopes of substantial gain, and with eyes to see and

force to grasp the opportunities so generously proffered, Albert Squire, of

Routt county, this state, is one who is worthy of honorable mention and a high

regard.  He came with almost nothing but his native force and ability, and like

many another of his kind, he has commanded the wilderness to “stand ruled” and

deliver up its hoarded provender to his needs, and it has obeyed the masterful

summons under his persistent and well applied energy.  Mr. Squire, the son of

William and Mary Squire, of Milton Abbot, Devonshire, England, was born in that

county on April 7, 1853.  His father was a prosperous miner and farmer, and both

parents were devout members of the Bible Christian church.  The father died in

his native land in December, 1870, and the mother is also dead.  Of their seven

children William, John and Richard died, and the other four are living.  Albert

remained with his parents until he reached the age of nineteen years, getting

what education he could in irregular attendance upon the ministrations of the

common schools and assisting in the farm work of the parental home.  On June 5,

1872, he set sail for this country, and on his arrival here located for a short

time in New Jersey.  From there he moved to the copper regions of northern

Michigan, in both states giving his attention to mining.  In October, 1875, he

became a resident of Colorado, and from then until 1884 he mined in Boulder,

Gilpin, Jefferson, Clear Creek and Lake counties, most of the time with

headquarters at Central City and the rest at Leadville.  In 1884 he changed his

residence to his present location, seven miles northeast of Hayden, Routt

county, and his occupation to ranching and raising cattle.  He homesteaded on

one hundred and sixty acres of land which was at the time unprofitably gay with

its wild growth of sage and willows.  This he improved and reduced to

productiveness, then bought another tract of equal magnitude to which he applied

the same process.  The whole body now yields him generous returns for his labor

in hay, grain and vegetables, and handsomely supports his large herds of good

cattle.  Politically Mr. Squire adheres to the Republican party.  He was married

on March 1, 1880, to Miss Mina L. Ingrum, a native of Richland county,

Wisconsin.  They have had twelve children, of whom Mary B., Mina E. and Calvin

have died, and Sadie M., Margery E., Lena May, Franklin, Reuben, Pearl, Daisy,

Joe and Andrew are living.  The mother died on March 27, 1904.  

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

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