Date Original
1862-1901
Description
This collection contains materials related to Peter Hotze.
Biographical/Historical Note
Peter Hotze prominent cotton broker and financier, was born on October 21, 1836, in Innsbruck, Austria. He immigrated to the United States around 1856 and settled in Little Rock three years later. When the Civil War began, he enlisted in Company A of the Sixth Arkansas Infantry Regiment (the Capital Guards), serving until he was wounded in the 1864 Battle of Franklin in Tennessee and taken prisoner. Freed from Camp Chase, a prisoner-of-war camp in Ohio, when hostilities ceased, he returned to Little Rock and married Johanna Krause. Peter Hotze built the First Hotze House, at 1620 Main Street and in in 1900 at 1614 Louisiana Street he built the Hotze House.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; New York
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.047.024
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Peter Hotze papers, SMC.047.024
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Peter Hotze papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
