Charles "Charley" Hohstadt
Marriages
Martha Jane Curry Hohstadt - 1876
In Missouri
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 9, 1929
CHAS. HOHSTADT DIES.
Charley HOHSTADT, one of the early day mining pioneers of Colorado and Eagle county, passed away at his home near the mouth of Squaw creek Tuesday morning. Mr. HOHSTADT came to Eagle county in 1879 or 1880 and was one of the men who opened up mining in this section. Together with Billy DUPLICE and another partner he discovered ore on French mountain and opened up the Grand Trunk property, which was responsible for the rush to Gold Park and Holy Cross City in the eighties, and the founding of a boom mining camp which was short lived.
Later he settled on Squaw creek and devoted his time to farming, and was one of the oldest remaining settlers of the county at the time of his death. Mr. HOHSTADT was a true gentleman, kindly in his contact with others, and was a good neighbor. He was beloved by those with whom he associated, had a wide circle of acquaintances in the county, and all will regret his passing.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 16, 1929
Charles HOHSTADT was born in Arbela, Scotland county, Mo., October 27, 1850, and died at his ranch home near the mouth of Squaw creek in Eagle county, August 6, 1929.
Mr. HOHSTADT was reared on a farm in Missouri, where he grew to manhood. In 1876 he was united in marriage to Martha Jane CURRY, who preceded him in death September 27, 1919. To the union were born six children, of whom Effie FLECK of St. Marys, Kan.; Tese PENNY of Mesa, Arizona; and Hayden HOHSTADT of Los Angeles, Calif., are living.
In 1877 the deceased followed the lure of gold to Colorado. He first prospected the section around Gold Park in this county, returning to Missouri in 1878. In 1878 he returned to Gold Park and in 1880 moved his family out from Missouri to the new mining camp of Holy Cross City, which he and his partners had founded by the discovery of gold. He lived there for two year and then moved to Red Cliff, where he worked with the surveyors on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad through the Eagle River canyon. He later moved to Gilman, where he mined for several years, and then he and his wife took over the old Iron Mask hotel and conducted it continuously until in 1903, when they moved to the ranch [---].
Since the death of his beloved wife, he has made his home with his granddaughter, Mrs. Raye Robedew REYNOLDS, who, together with her husband, had made him a pleasant and comfortable home.
Besides the loving children, Mr. HOHSTADT is survived by two older brothers living in Missouri, a sister residing in Kansas; five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in Red Cliff last Friday, August 9, the Reverend Mr. McKENZIE of Leadville delivering a touching eulogy on the life of this splendid old pioneer. His body was laid to rest in Evergreen [sic. Greenwood] cemetery in Red Cliff beside the bodies of his beloved wife and children.
