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Marquis De Mores And Beginning Medora History Flashcards

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When was the Chateau de Mores established as a museum?

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It was opened to the public on August 7, 1941

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Who restored the chateau and when did they begin?

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The program was sponsored by the State Historical Society, along with the NPS and the Works Progress Administration and it began in 1937.

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When did the Marquis arrive in Medora?

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1883

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When did Ranchers first come to the ND badlands?

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Early 1880s

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Who first brought cattle to the Badlands and when?

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A.C Huidekoper brought cattle in 1883.

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What was the name of the first ranch and who established it?

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A.C Huidekoper and the Eaton brothers established the Custer Trail Cattle Company on the river south of the Badlands Cantonment (military garrison).

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When was the cattle business firmly cemented in Billings County?

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1885

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Where would the large ranchers drive their cattle? How long did they last?

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They would often drive cattle from the Little Missouri down to Texas. They lasted to 1897.

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What was the Cattle Roundup?

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A one month roundup with 30- 40 thousand cattle, 100 men, and 10 mess-wagons participating.

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What was the Marquis’ whole name

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Antoine-Amedee-Marie-Vincent-Amat-Manca de Valombrossa

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What was the Marquis’ ethnic background?

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His paternal ancestors were from Spain, and established themselves in Sardinia (island in the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy, which it is a part of today). His maternal grandfather was a Lieutenant-General and Duke of Cars, who was associated with the conquest of Algeria (1830-1847 France overturned the Ottoman Empire rule in Algeria(in top center-left Africa near Morocco, Tunisia and Libya) and established a French colony)

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How many Languages could the Marquis speak and write?

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4: English, French, German, and Italian

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Why did the marquis resign from the army?

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He disliked the monotony during times of peace.

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14
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Where did Valombrosa meet his wife?

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In Paris

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Who was the Marquis’ wife

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Medora Van Hoffman

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Who were Medora’s parents?

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Her father was a wealthy New York banker.

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When did Valombrosa first begin to think of cattle farming?

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While he was working for his father-in-law.

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What were the advantages of Cattle Farming in North Dakota

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Railroad Facilities, Shortest Haul to Market, water and ice to any extent, shelter and grass along the little Missouri, abundance of fuel in the shape of lignite (brown coal)

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When did Valombrossa decide the location for Medora

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April, 1883

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When did the de mores get married?

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1882

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When was Medora constructed?

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1884-1885

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When was Medora’s Catholic Church completed?

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The fall of 1884, for the Madame.

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What were the Marquis’ civic actions in Medora and ND

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He helped established the fire brigade which used his personal chateau water pump, he built a park, he recommended county commissioners to the Governor of Nd

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What was the Marquis de Mores trying to do in the Badlands?

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He was trying to revolutionize it using refrigerated rail cars and shipping meat to Chicago.

25
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What was the history of refrigerated rail cars?

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The first car was sent from Chicago in 1857, 1878 Gustav Swift commissioned new design, in 1920 >7,000 cars would be used in Chicago.

26
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What are the modern implication of refrigerated rail cars?

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Today’s, all meat and some produce is shipped in refrigerated containers all over U.S.

27
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What did the Marquis call his company? Who were his parters?

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He named it the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Company ; his partners were Herman Haupt jr. And C. Edgar Haupt.

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What was the total capital stock of the Marquis’ company?

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$200,000(6.8 mil), there were 500 shares, the Marquis held 330.

29
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Why would refrigerated car be better in Antoine’s opinion?

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Shrinkage would be eliminated, the western shipper could better compete with the eastern shipper, the middlemen would be reduced.

30
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When was the Medora abattoir (slaughterhouse) commenced?

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October, 1883

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When was the abattoir finished?

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1885

32
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What animal did the Marquis also invest in?

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He bought 12-15 thousand head of sheep, over half of which died during their first winter. The rest were slaughtered.

33
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Was the marquis considered a rancher?

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No, he was more of an investor, and lead businessman. He was in many different stockman committees.

34
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Name the travel venture of the marquis.

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He started the Medora stage coach.

35
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Where would the Medora stage coach run?

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It would run from deadwood, SD to Medora, ND. The trip took 215 miles. The minimum travel time was 36 hours.

36
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How many station were along the Medora Stage route?

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15, 5 of them offered eating accommodations.

37
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When was the Medora Stage finished?

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October 6, 1884 the stage started running.

38
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What would the Medora Stage complete in Deadwood?

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Deadwood would then have stages coming from all four directions.

39
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what were some of the marquis schemes that never took off?

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International cattle trade, salmon/fish shipping in Oregon, exportation of dairy products, gold mining in montana

40
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How many children did the de mores have

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3: two boys and a girl

41
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What was the Madame’s haul at the end of her 1885 Big Horn, MT hunt?

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two cinnamon bears and one large grizzly.

42
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What did the Marquis say of the Madame’s hunting skill?

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“She hunts with me and is a better shot than I am.”

43
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We’re the de mores popular in the Medora community?

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There was some animosity, felt even after he had left. They were rich, well educated, cultured, aristocratic.

44
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What were the charitable acts of the Madame?

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She built the church, She donated the salary of the local schoolteacher,.

45
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Why was the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis strained?

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They were both very passionate. Likewise, the marquis believed in divine right and Roosevelt was a firm democratic.

46
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what was the final antagonizing event that happened with the Marquis in Medora?

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the shooting affair resulting in the death of Riley Liffey near the little Missouri on June 26, 1883.

47
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Why did the Riley shooting affair happen and what happened to the Marquis?

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The shooting was the result of threats made against the life of the Maquis by a hunter named frank O’Donnell, He and three other hunters were prepared to attack him, but the Maquis shot them, resulting in his arrest for murder, for which he was acquitted.

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What was the pecuniary loss of the Marquis’ enterprises in the U.S.

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$300,000 - $1,500,000 (9.5mil-47mil), all losses were sustained within the family

49
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when did the slaughterhouse shut down?

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1885-6

50
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what did the Marquis do after Medora?

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He became a political reformer. Avidly anti-Jew, pro low priced housing and fought for underprivileged classes, he fought a duel with Dreyfus( of the French Dreyfus affair)

51
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What were the circumstances of the Marquis’ death?

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He was pursuing a Franco-Islamic alliance against the British and Jews, where he was assassinated by some natives in Northern Africa in 1896. He was 38.

52
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What did the Madam do about her husbands death?

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She brought the assassins to justice and charged that he was sent on the French mission to get him out of the way, due to his personal knowledge of undisclosed secrets in the Dreyfus case.

53
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When was the Madames final visit to Medora?

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In 1903

54
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What were the circumstances of the Madames death?

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She injured her leg serving as a nurse in WW1. She died in 1921.

55
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Who donated most of the property to the historical society

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Louis Vallombrosa

56
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Van Hoffman house history

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Built in 1884 by Peter brook, used by the baron in 1885 summer, wasn’t used again until Joe foley(manager of marquis properties St. Paul to the west coast) moved in 1890 when his house burned down, and the house was transferred to him by the marquise in 1914.

Medora History (3 decks)

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