Crawford Hill (businessman)

In August 1885, he joined his father's newspaper, the Denver Republican and remained there until about 1889.^[1] He inherited the paper when his father died and it became an influential paper throughout Colorado and the Mid-West. It also made him a fortune. He was second vice president of Associated Press^[2] and president of The Republican Publishing Company.^[1]

Hill was the president of Denargo Land Company and The Hill Land & Investment Company. He was the president of the board of trustees of the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company. Hill had executive positions at other organizations. He was commissioned a colonel and on the military staffs of Governors Albert McIntire and John Long Routt (second term).^[1]

Hill was director at the Colorado Museum of Natural History and the Young Women's Christian Association.^[1]

On January 15, 1895, he married Louise Bethell Sneed in Memphis, Tennessee. They had two sons, Nathaniel Peter Hill and Crawford Hill. The Hills were Denver socialites. He was a member of a number of clubs and organizations in Denver and the Union Club of the City of New York.^[1] The Hills built Crawford Hill Mansion at Tenth and Sherman Streets in 1905.^[3] Hill died on December 22, 1922.^[2]