Cattlemen and Cowboys of Argentina
Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Argentina.
- d. 1984Alejandro MurtaghA veterinarian, educator and Hereford booster whose name still goes on the top prize at Argentina's Palermo jurors…Argentina
- 1854-1933Benito VillanuevaAn Argentine estanciero who bred British cattle at El Dorado and backed one of the first frigorificos owned by…Argentina
- 1847-1906Eduardo CaseyBorn on a ranch in Lobos, Casey built an empire on cattle and horses, founded a city in Santa Fe, and lost his fortune…Argentina
- 1827-1910Eduardo OliveraA Buenos Aires agronomist who helped found Argentina's main landowners' association and organize early livestock…Argentina
- GauchoFrom the mid-18th century, horsemen on the pampas lived off wild herds, fought in the wars of independence and became…Argentina
- 1834-1899Leonardo Pereyra IraolaA Quilmes landowner who imported Shorthorns and the first pedigree Hereford bull, then helped found the Sociedad Rural…Argentina
- 1820-1890Pedro LuroA seventeen-year-old French emigrant with no money became one of Argentina's biggest landowners and a booster of Mar…Argentina