MICHAEL CREED HINDERLIDER


Michael Creed Hinderlider, state engineer for Colorado and a resident of this state for thirty years, was born in the village of Medora, Jackson county, Indiana, May 19, 1876, a son of Daniel Peck and Anna Eliza (Wilson) Hinderlider. His formal education was completed in Purdue University, a state institution, at Lafayette, Indiana, from which he was graduated (B.S., C.E.) in 1897. In that year he came to Colorado and was employed on civil engineering projects, for the first year in connection with public land surveys. In 1903 he was made district engineer of the United States Geological Survey in charge of all hydrographic work in Colorado and six adjacent states and was thus employed until in 1907, when he entered the service of the Central Colorado Power Company, building hydro-electric plants on the Colorado river. In the next year he was made resident engineer in charge of the construction of irrigation systems along the Colorado River. In 1912 he became chief engineer in charge of the construction of irrigation systems in Arizona and Colorado. Following the completion of these duties he the practice of consulting and supervising engineer in connection with the building of many extensive dams and irrigation systems throughout the west. For the past twenty years Mr. Hinderlider's services have been in demand as a consulting engineer on works of this nature. In November, 1923, he was appointed state engineer of Colorado, in which position he is now serving.

On October 31, 1900 at Grand Junction, Colorado, Mr. Hinderlider was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Kirk. They have four children: Ruth, the wife of James MacCluskey; Clyde Kirk; Michael Creed, Jr. and Daniel Peck Hinderlider (II). Mr. and Mrs. Hinderlider and family are members of the Mountain View Presbyterian church, and Mr. Hinderlider is a member of the Masonic order. Residence: 4037 East Seventeenth avenue, Denver.

Source: History of Colorado. Denver: Linderman Co., 1927. Volume IV, pages 412-413.