Cattle King Conrad Kohrs’ Montana Rise to Wealth
The article chronicles Conrad Kohrs, born 1835 in Holstein Germany, who built a Montana cattle empire from the 1860s frontier. He bought Grant’s Deer Lodge holdings in 1866, survived bandit pursuits, and rose from butcher to millionaire through bold cattle trades and frontier enterprise across Bannack, Virginia City, Summit, and Helena, ending with the Deer Lodge region rise of his ranching legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wust
Deer Lodge
Conrad Kohre
Montana
John H. Grant
Johnny Grant
Kohrs
Helena
Hig Nfe
America
Grant
Camp Creek
Bill Bunting
Germany
New York
Davenport
Iowa
California
Fraser River
San Francisco
Butte County
Sierra County
Idaho
Mullan Road
Blackfoot River
Crawford
Bannack
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Minnesota
Td Deer Lodge Valley
Grasshopper Creek
John H Grant
Fort Benton
Virginia City
Colorado
George Gohn
Joe Blatchett
Main Street
Summit
Ruby Valley
Johnny*Grant
Salt Lake
Alderguich
George Forbes
San Joaquin Valley
Deer Lodge Valley
Con Kohrs
West Montanans to Return Home Increase Yellowstone Glacier Travel
The Great Northern official E H Wilde reports 4000 to 5000 former Montanans plan to return from California this summer. He cites advertising campaigns and boosted rail service as fueling heavy travel to Yellowstone and Glacier parks with Alaska-bound ships already sold out. Two coast routes are planned with layovers in Great Falls and cities along the way. Toledo Meyer Selzman, a druggist, faced a manslaughter charge over denatured alcohol sales.
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E. H. Wilde
Great Northern Railway
Great Falls
St. Paul
Pacific Northwest
Great Northern
Burlington
Northern Pacific Railways
Wilde
United States
Glacier Park
Yellowstone Park
Mr. Wilde
California
Coast
Ogden
Cody
Wyo
Portland
Toledo
Meyer Selzman
Montana City Once Promising Placer Town Now A Memory
Montana City near Helena began as a promising placer camp serving Jefferson county as its first county seat in 1862. Gold discoveries along Prickly Pear creek drew several hundred miners, with a townsite laid out and eight houses finished by September 1864. The story notes the town’s decline as the railway now passes with only a sign marking the place.
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Montana City
Jefferson County
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Montana
Harlbert
Missouri
Prickly Pear Creek
Montana Post
Pioneer
Territory
Virgin City
Farmer and wife return to Baker after decade away
Mr and Mrs C Metzenberg, long absent from Baker, visited the town after more than ten years away. They had lived at a Box Elder ranch during the interim and Mrs Metzenberg had not seen town trains movies or church in fourteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. Metzenberg
Baker
West
Mr. Metzenberg
Miss Esther Kirby Crowned State Normal Beauty
Miss Esther Kirby, a junior from Thompson Falls, wins the Boosters Club vote as the prettiest student at the State Normal School in Dillon Montana. The contest drew many top contenders from Montana schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Kirby
Boosters’ Club
State Normal School
Dillon
State Normal
Kirby
Inompson Falls
Montana
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Littlewood
Canute Diggings
Yreka
Conrad Kohrs
Montany
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
State
Alaska
Billings
Lewis T. Eaton
Director Polytechnic
Mont
Pyradium Company
Helena, Montana
Missoula
Missoula, Mont
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