Conrad Kohrs The Montana cattle king and near death escape
Conrad Kohrs built a cattle empire near Deer Lodge after early failures in mining and butcher work. Born 1835 in Holstein Germany, he faced Indian stock thefts and a dangerous chase while repaying a loan, later joining a vigilance band and becoming a millionaire.
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Holstein
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New York
Davenport
California
Fraser River
Littlewood
Canute Diggings
Yreka
Idaho mining and Bannack cattle venture in 1860s frontier
The narrator recounts migrating from Iowa to Idaho via Deer Lodge, taking a butcher post for Crawford, driving wild cattle 125 miles, and enduring poverty and debt as Indians steal stock. He builds a cattle business in Virginia City and Bannack, buying herds, paying debts with profits, and later acquiring the Grant herd as his first breeding stock.
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Sierra County
Iowa
Idaho
Mullan Road
Deer Lodge
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Blackfoot River
Crawford
Bannack
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Minnesota
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Grasshopper Creek
Grant
John H. Grant
Fort Benton
Virginia City
Colorado
George Gohn
Joe Blatchett
Main Street
Summit
Ruby Valley
Johnny Grant
Lucia Darling
Miss Darling
Montana
Darling
Parke
Maine
Missouri
Madison County
Joseph Millard
Samuel Ward
Captain Rodgers
George Smith
Thrasher
Thomas Dimsdale
Green Clay Smith
Edgerton
Smith
Meagher
W. J. Beal
Bozeman
Anderson
Benjamin
Edwin
Rosa Fridley
Jay Jay McArthur
Frank Meraville
Thomas F. Campbell
Beaverhead County
Edgerton County
Lewis and Clark
Cornelium Hedges
Madison
Gallatin
Jefferson
Chouteau
Missoula
Beaverhead
Helena
Hedges
Salt Lake
Aldergulch
George Forbes
San Joaquin Valley
California
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Lydia Pinkhams
Vette
Mente
Lean F Ming Prom
Ontana Hi Menor bin
Huskies
JU Catt
Mayflower
Hotel
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