Mineral County
Benjamin Rosenthal
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Mineral County Benjamin Rosenthal Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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BENJAMIN ROSENTHAL, the proprietor of the Lake View Hotel at Hawthorne, has always resided in the west and is imbued with the progressive spirit which has been the dominant factor in the wonderful growth and development of this portion of the country. Still a young man, he has already attained a creditable position and gratifying success in the business world.
A native of California, Mr. Rosenthal was born in Mariposa county, on the 1st of August, 1871. His father, Davis Rosenthal, was born in Russia and in 1851 went to California, engaging in merchandising for twenty-five years at Hornitos. He was also in Bodie for a time, and in 1882 came to Hawthorne, the town having been platted only the year before. He then purchased the Lake View Hotel and successfully conducted it until 1901, when his death occurred, when he was in the seventy-third year of his age. He was a citizen of excellent business habits and qualifications, and always met with fair success in his undertakings. He married Miss Augusta Golden, a native of his own country. She now survives her husband and resides in Reno, in the sixty-fifth year of her age. This worthy couple were the parents of four children: Aaron, now a merchant of Portland, Oregon; Samuel, who is engaged in merchandising in Reno; Kate; the wife of W. J. Henly, an attorney of Hawthorne; and Benjamin. The last named is the youngest of the family. He was educated in the public schools of Hawthorne, being only about ten years of age at the time of his parents' removal to this place. From his youth he has been connected with the hotel business, assisting his father in the conduct of the Lake View Hotel, of which he is now the proprietor. He has the faculty of making his guests feel at home, and does everything in his power for their comfort. The hotel is fifty by ninety feet, two stories in height and contains twenty-five sleeping apartments. It is an excellent hotel for a town of the size of Hawthorne, and Mr. Rosenthal is doing a good business. He sets a good table, and his efforts to make his hostelry an attractive place of entertainment have resulted in winning him prosperity. Mr. Rosenthal is a man of robust health, of fine physique and takes great delight in athletics. He is one of the best players of the excellent ball team of Hawthorne and has also made a good record in running races. In matters of citizenship he is deeply interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the city and state, and he votes with the silver party, believing firmly in its principles. Prominent in the Knights of Pythias fraternity, he is now grand vice chancellor of the grand lodge of the state, and is also connected with the subordinate lodge and the Rebekah degree of the Odd Fellows society. Mr. Rosenthal was married July 19, 1891, the lady of his choice being Miss Vesta M. Rice, a native of California. She is of the Episcopalian faith and is a graduate of Bishop Whitaker's College for Young Ladies. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal are prominent members of society in Hawthorne, and he is also recognized as one of the most energetic business men of the town.
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