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CHARLES F. HERTEL, the well-known proprietor of the Kiowa Hotel and livery barn at Kiowa, Elbert County, is a man of energy and enterprise and conducts one of the leading hotels in the county. He is a son of George W. and Artemisia B. (Rinehart) Hertel, and was born in Andrew County, Mo., December 9, 1856. He is of German descent, his father having been born in Hanover, where he resided until he was nine years of age. He was then brought to this country by his parents, who settled in Missouri, where he lived until 1860. After his marriage he crossed the plains with his family by means of an ox-team and located on a farm four miles south of Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colo., where he resided for some years. He finally disposed of his property and purchased a sawmill at Middle Park, the first steam sawmill in that section. This he has since operated with much success and has become one of the leading citizens of that community. He was married to Artemisia E. Rinehart, a native of Missouri, in that state, before going west.
Charles F. Hertel was four years of age when he moved to Colorado with his parents, and after becoming old enough he assisted his father in operating the sawmill. He subsequently took up a tract of land at Middle Park, upon which he resided for six years, after which he engaged in freighting. He continued in that business for a time and then bought and sold cattle until he returned to his farm at Middle Park, where he carried on general farming with much success, but was finally obliged to move owing to his wife's inability to stand the high attitude. They then moved to Kiowa, where he became proprietor of the Kiowa Hotel, which he has greatly improved and since conducted. It is a very popular house and is well patronized by both local and transient trade. The culinary department is under the supervision of Mrs. Hertel, and the excellent table set is all that could be desired to satisfy the wants of the inner man. The house is fitted out with many modern conveniences and everything possible is done by the genial landlord to add to the comfort of his guests, and that his efforts are appreciated is shown by the liberal patronage which he enjoys. Another good feature is the excellent livery barn, conducted in connection with the hotel, which is supplied with good horses and vehicles of every description.
While still a resident of Middle Park, August 15, 1886, Mr. Hertel was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Brockmann, who was born in Davenport, Iowa, and is a daughter of John Brockmann, who moved to Colorado in 1860, locating at Kiowa. Our subject has met with many thrilling adventures in his life on the frontier, and in his younger days had frequent altercations with troublesome Indians. When a lad of twelve years working on his father's farm, the neighbors assisted each other in harvesting, and for fear of an attack by Indians each man had a horse saddled and stationed near him. Upon one occasion he was driving a reaper and because of the noise of the machine he did not hear the shots fired by the Indians in their charge; his fellow-workmen took to their horses and soon he would have been at the mercy of the enemy, but with rare presence of mind he cut the horses from the reaper and effected his escape, being the last to leave the field.
Ingo
Brockmann
