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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 .
Skukuza is the only camp at Kruger with a choice of multiple restaurants. In the central area of the camp overlooking the Sabie River is a well-appointed Cattle Baron restaurant, one of three in South Africa's National parks. (The others are at Storms River mouth in Tsitsikamma and in the main camp at Addo Elephant Park. [17])
The ranch was established in 1882 by Dr. William Harris of Laramie, who had purchased the brand and herd of Tom Alsop, also of Laramie.Harris moved the herd to Johnson County to set up the TA Ranch, remaining in Laramie to continue his medical practice, with Charles Ford as ranch manager.
Thistle Hill was built in 1904 for the newlywed heiress to the Waggoner Ranching family. Now a hospital system named for an oil tycoon will take over its care.
Texas Land and Cattle – peaked at 20 locations, only 1 remains in Austin; Two Pesos; Valle's Steak House; Velvet Turtle; Victoria Station – one restaurant remained open in Salem, Massachusetts until it was abruptly closed in December 2017 [13] VIP's – Oregon-based restaurant chain; Wag's; Weenie Beenie; Wetson's
Driskill Hotel lobby in 2012 Driskill Hotel annex, built 1930. Jesse Driskill, a successful cattle baron, had moved to Texas from Missouri in 1849. Flush with cash from his service to the Confederate Army, to which he supplied beef throughout the Civil War, he decided to diversify by constructing a grand hotel in Austin.
The Grant–Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, created in 1972, commemorates the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times. The original ranch was established in 1862 by a Canadian fur trader, Johnny Grant, at Cottonwood Creek, Montana (future site of Deer Lodge, Montana), along the banks of the Clark Fork river.
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.