Cattlemen and Cowboys of Uruguay

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Uruguay.

• 1909-1994Alberto Gallinal HeberA lawyer who never practiced and ran the estancias of a leading Uruguayan family, then served as president of the…Uruguay
• 1876-1948Eduardo Nebel PaneloA landowner and exporter who inherited a saladero and helped turn it into a modern meat processing operation.Uruguay
• 1850-1927Federico VidiellaA Montevideo financier who also bred imported cattle and horses and helped record their pedigrees.Uruguay
• est. 1859Fray BentosA river port where cattle became meat extract, corned beef and frozen beef for the world.Uruguay
• 1887-1959Jose Maria Elorza SagardiaThe Rio Negro cabanero whose El Cardo stud dominated the Hereford rings at the Prado for decades.Uruguay
• d. 1954Reginaldo BoothA Yorkshire-born estancia manager who became the owner of one of Uruguay's winningest Hereford studs.Uruguay
• 1805-1871Samuel Fisher LafoneA British merchant who built a salted-beef business in Uruguay and put his name on the Falklands' Lafonia.Uruguay