Luther Kountze
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Luther Kountze was an important 18th century American banker, responsible for helping Denver, Colorado in a time of need and leaving a philanthropic legacy in Morristown, New Jersey.
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In the fall of 1862, Luther went to Denver, Colorado. He opened a bank under the name of Kountze Brothers, the senior members being Augustus and Herman. In 1866 they organized the Colorado National Bank of Denver.
In 1867 Kountze was credited with saving the city of Denver, Colorado from financial disaster, and ultimately, oblivion. Late that year and into the next Kountze worked with with several other investors to form the company that would eventually become the Denver Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Co.[1]
Luther left Colorado for New York in 1867. In 1868 he established a banking house at 52 Wall Street, NYC.[2] He contributed a large part of the land that now forms the National Jockey Hollow Park in Morristown, NJ.
In 1908, US Senator Robert LaFollette, Sr. included him in the "100 men who controlled banking." He is listed as being vice-president and a director of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company.[3]
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- ^ http://www.denver-rmn.com/millennium/0608mile.shtml
- ^ http://www.mtgothictomes.com/colorado_checks.htm
- ^ http://yamaguchy.netfirms.com/7897401/lafollette/lf08mar17.html
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