Pueblo County, Colorado
CHARLES HENKEL

Contributed by Karen Mitchell.

Mr. Charles Henkel is a native of Germany, and was born in 1846, and with his parents came to the United States when a trifle less than four years of age, settling first in Mississippi, soon after removing to Iowa.� At the age of 14, Mr. Henkel, being attracted by the Pike's peak gold excitement, came to Colorado and began mining in California gulch.� In 1861 he joined the First Colorado cavalry and served till the close of the civil war.� He began business in a small way at Pueblo in 1869, gradually increasing his trade until today we find him the senior member of the great wholesale grocery firm of C. Henkel & Co.� Mr. Henkel is a man of fine native ability and a first-class business man. Rocky Mountain News 5-16-1884 - Prominent Men of Pueblo



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