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S U M M E R 2 0 1 6 | The LandReport 19 LANDREPORT.COM FrontGate B E S T P R A C T I C E S B E S T P R A C T I C E S | L A N D ' S B E S T F R I E N D | TO P T E N | I N V E S T I N G | E V E N T S L ike millions of other citizen-soldiers, Henry Hall Sr. put a successful career at Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance on hold to serve his country during World War II. By the end of the war, however, his former position as the head of ag lending was no longer available. In fact, the only job at Connecticut Mutual that he could scrounge up wasn't even at headquarters in Hartford; it was two time zones west in Colorado as an agricultural loan corre- spondent. Faced with few options, Henry and Nellie Hall journeyed to the Mile High City in 1946 where Henry and his older son, Warren, established Hall and Hall Mortgage Corporation. From this humble beginning, an iconic brand was forged. Henry Hall would man the helm in Denver for the next 22 years. In 1954, Warren carried the flag to Billings, Montana, to open a second office. In 1959, Hall and Hall Inc. in Billings morphed into a separate company. The Denver branch of the family, under Henry Sr.; his two sons, Henry Jr. and Douglas; and grandson Michael, built the mortgage lending, appraisal, and brokerage business in Colorado and Southern Wyoming. The Billings branch of the family, under Warren and his son, Doug, and Jim Taylor, moved aggressively into ranch real estate. "I had this concept that ranches needed to be marketed on a national and an in- ternational basis. Hopefully, there were investors that would look at ranchland as a standalone investment," Taylor says. Hall and Hall Celebrates 70 Years Founder's admonition to expand and diversify "with integrity" proves telling. HALL AND HALL Te xt by Corinne Garcia EARLY DAYS. Douglas Hall, Henry Hall Sr., Warren Hall, and Henry Hall Jr.