Cattlemen and Cowboys of North Dakota

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to North Dakota.

• 1859-1937Alex CurrieA Minnesota logger turned Cando homesteader who imported Shorthorn cattle from Scotland and horses from Belgium.North Dakota
• 1867-1939Andrew VoigtA rancher whose public record is brief, set against the cattle country he worked.North Dakota
• 1858-1896Antoine-Amédée-Marie-Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa, Marquis de MorèsA French nobleman tried to ship dressed beef from the Badlands to eastern tables, and the plan collapsed within three…North Dakota
• 1845-1914Daniel ManningA Union Army veteran turned stock raiser, banker and first mayor of Dickinson.North Dakota
• 1877-1955Frank KeoghHe managed a Fort Berthold cattle outfit for James Phelan, then founded stockmen's groups and a school.North Dakota
• 1878-1962J.M. BuckleyA cowboy, horseman and ranch foreman from North Dakota whose working life spanned the end of the open range.North Dakota
• 1865-1950James William FollisHired at eighteen, he was foreman within a year and became a Billings County sheriff.North Dakota
• 1857-1931John W. GoodallFrom Oregon livery barns to the Badlands, a stockman who scouted a stage line and later wore the sheriff's star.North Dakota
• 1875-1955Matt CrowleyHe started in a sod shanty in 1910 and ended up in two halls of fame and the state legislature.North Dakota
• 1858-1919Theodore RooseveltThe future president bought into the Badlands cattle boom and learned its limits the hard way.North Dakota
• 1861-1946William ConnollyA Minnesota-born railroad hand became a Killdeer Mountains cattleman, a county commissioner and a banker.North Dakota
• 1862-1953Wilse L. RichardsA North Dakota stockman whose 91 years ran from the open range through the homestead era.North Dakota