Cattlemen and Cowboys of Montana

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Montana.

• 1842-1924Adkin Wallace KingsburyA Helena livery keeper who became one of Montana's major sheepmen and a Great Falls civic backer.Montana
• 1902-1995Alice Greenough OrrA ranch-raised Montana cowgirl rode broncs from Madison Square Garden to Sydney and later ran her own rodeo company.Montana
• livingBarbara Van CleveA fifth-generation Montana rancher's daughter traded a university career for a camera and spent decades photographing…Montana
• b. c. 1930Byron BayersFrom a round barn in the Ruby Valley, Byron Bayers sold Herefords to 38 states and served as national association…Montana
• fl. 1880s (film 2003)Charley Waite and Boss Spearman (Open Range)Two landless cowboys graze their herd on the last free land and run into a wealthy rancher who wants them gone.Montana
• 1835-1920Conrad KohrsA German-born butcher turned a Deer Lodge ranch into an empire across four states and two provinces.Montana
• 1907-1993Conrad Kohrs WarrenA cowboy hired in 1929 ended up owning the ranch and preserving its records and buildings.Montana
• 1868-1928Evelyn CameronAn English heiress ranched near Terry, Montana, and photographed the frontier for 34 years.Montana
• est. 1862Grant-Kohrs RanchConrad Kohrs bought a trading-post ranch in 1866 and shipped 10,000 cattle a year to Chicago; today the Park Service…Montana
• 1834-1918Granville StuartA prospector, merchant and diplomat who became the public face of Montana's open-range cattle era.Montana
• 1886-1887Great Die-UpA hot summer, an early winter and an overstocked range combined to wreck the northern cattle boom.Montana
• 1847-1937Henry SiebenA German-born orphan who turned worn-out freight oxen into one of Montana's lasting ranching families.Montana
• 2018John Dutton IIIThe head of a multigenerational Montana ranching family, defending a fictional ranch against neighbors, developers and…Montana
• 1848-1913John M. HoltA Montana cattleman whose Mizpah Creek outfit grew to about 15,000 head and whose peers elected him president three…Montana
• est. 1877Miles CityMiles City began as a trading town beside an army fort and became the cattle capital of eastern Montana.Montana
• 1833-1900Myron D. JeffersA New York civil engineer turned freighter who became a founding stockman of Montana's Madison Valley.Montana
• 1838-1926Nelson Story Sr.Story defied an Army order to reach Montana's gold camps with Texas cattle and became Bozeman's first millionaire.Montana
• 1871-1953Peter PaulyA cattleman and banker honored for Montana in 1968, whose published record is brief.Montana
• Shiela KirkpatrickA Montana custom hatter who learned the trade by ruining hats, then built hats for working cowboys and a presidential…Montana
• 1847-1922William Wiseham TerrettA Missouri feeder who bought into Montana's Tongue River country and kept the JO Ranch in his family for five…Montana