Wibaux the Cattle Baron of Montana and His Fortune
A biographical sketch recounts Pierre Wibaux’s rise from Paris youth to Montana’s leading cattle baron. He built vast herds and land holdings, befriended Theodore Roosevelt, and earned nicknames tied to his eastern Montana town and county. He amassed 200000 acres in Texas and up to 65000 cattle in Montana before shifting to a life split between his ranch and Paris.
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Wibaux
Pierre Wibaux
Paris
Montana
Roubaix
France
England
America
Chicago
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Pierre
Tenderfoot
New York
United States
Black Hills
Mingusville
American Bankers’ Life Insurance Co
Wilaux County
Chromite Ores in State to Aid National Defense
Montana chromite deposits in Sweetgrass Stillwater and Carbon counties are being developed to reduce reliance on imports. Montana School of Mines and WPA report large reserves with new concentrates usable for rust resistant steel and defense hardware including armor plate and gun components.
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Montana
Montana School of Mines
WPA
Carl J. Traverman
United States
Africa
Cuba
New Caledonia
Turkey
Greece
Philippine Islands
California
Washington
Pennsylvania
South
Alaska
Oregon
Wyoming
Sweetgrass
Stillwater
Carbon
James F. Kemp
Columbia University
United
States Bureau of Mines
Paul A. Schafer
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Francis A. Thomson
Schafer
Stillwater- Boulder River
United States Bureau of Mines
Benbow
Stillwater River
Bureau of Mines
Carbona
Madison County
Montana Bureau of Mines
Montana Mineral Resources Survey
Conoco Nth oil claims extreme mileage and protection
An advertisement touts Conoco Nth oil as delivering over twice the mileage of rival oils and lasting thousands of miles longer. It promotes Thialkene inhibitor and Germ Processed oil patent technology for oil plating and wear prevention, urging readers to buy at their mileage merchant’s Conoco station.
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Conoco
Death Valley
Continental Oil Company
America
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Pioneer
Wilche
RFC
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Augusta, Mont
Elk Country
P. O. Box
Great Falls
Lydia
Pinkham
U.S. Weather Bureau
Conoco N& Motor Oil
Conoco N
Triumph
Germ
Malphe
Purdue University
Eerreraey
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