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Cattle baron is a historic term for a local businessman and landowner who possessed great power or influence [1] through the operation of a large ranch with many beef cattle. Cattle barons in the late 19th century United States were also sometimes referred to as cowmen , [ 2 ] stockmen, or just ranchers .
Portrait of John Simpson Chisum (1824–1884), taken from The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado (1907) [1]. John Simpson Chisum (August 15, 1824 – December 22, 1884) was a wealthy cattle baron on the frontier in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century.
The William Sturgis House was built by cattle baron William Sturgis in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1884. The Shingle Style house was designed by architect George D. Rainsford, a New York architect who moved to Wyoming to raise Morgan horses and Clydesdales. While horse breeding was his principal occupation, Rainsford continued to practice architecture ...
Henry Miller, c. 1887 Correspondence between Henry Miller and his superintendent, P.H. Turner. Henry Miller (July 21, 1827 – October 14, 1916) was a German-American rancher known as the "Cattle King of California" [1] who at one point in the late 19th century was one of the largest land-owners in the United States.
The Pecos War, also known as the War of the Pecos and the Chisum War, was a range war fought by cattle baron John Chisum against neighboring small ranchers, farmers, and Native Americans from 1876-1877 along the Pecos River in New Mexico. [2]
It was erected on land belonging to Henry Miller, a prominent California cattle baron of that era. The barn is most known for its connection to agriculture production in Santa Clara County , and its role within the agricultural estate of Henry Miller, who was a partner in the cattle-raising and meat-packing enterprise of Miller & Lux in San ...
The area ran approximately 80 miles (130 km) north to south and 50 miles (80 km) east to west. [2] [6] [7] [15] Brown's eastern neighbor was the cattle baron Bill Hanley, who owned two large ranches south and east of Burns. [7] Brown divided his operations into two ranches, the Gap Ranch and the Buck Creek Ranch.
John Scharbauer (December 28, 1852 – October 20, 1941) was an American rancher. Born in New York, he moved to Texas in 1880 and became a large rancher in the Southwest. By the time of his death, his business empire included "operations in banking, corporate investments, oil lands, real estate and ranches which sprawled across four Texas counties and into New Mexico."