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Title: Marquis deMores
Dates: 1880-1908
Collection Number: 00097
Quantity: 48 items
Abstract: Images of roundup and branding on the DeMores Ranch and the Medora-Deadwood stagecoach.
Provenance: These images were originally located in Chateau de Mores and removed from display when the State Historical Society of North Dakota took over ownership of historic site.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Antoine Amedee Marie Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa was born on June 14, 1858 in Paris, France. He acquired the title of Marquis de Mores at the age of 21. He married Medora von Hoffman, an American heiress, on February 15, 1882 in Cannes, France. They had two sons, Louis and Paul, and one daughter, Athenais.
Hearing rumors of opportunities in Dakota Territory, de Mores traveled there and in April 1883 founded the town of Medora. He established the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Company with hopes of revolutionizing the livestock industry. Local opposition to the Marquis' plans lead to the death of Reiley Luffsey, a suspected rustler. The Marquis was indicted for murder and later was freed on a "not guilty” verdict. The business failed in 1886.
De Mores and his family spent the winter of 1886 in New York and returned to France in 1887. In 1888 the Marquis promoted the building of a railroad in China but due to political opposition the project was never completed. While on an expedition in Northern Africa the Marquis was murdered. He died at the age of 38 in June 1896.
Sources: A Brief Synopsis of the Career of Marquis de Mores and the Proposed Development of the de Mores Sites, State Historical Society of North Dakota Document by Arnold O. Goplen.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00097-01 Breakfast on DeMores roundup 1885
00097-02 DeMores mess wagon 1880
00097-04 Cattle drive
00097-05 Cattle drive
00097-06 Cattle drive
00097-07 DeMores roundup 1885
00097-08 Cattle drive
00097-09 Cattle drive
00097-10 Chasing steer 1885
00097-11 Roping steer 1885
00097-12 Roping steer 1885
00097-13 Securing steer 1885
00097-14 Roping Steer 1885
00097-15 Roping steer 1885
00097-16 Preparing to brand steer 1885
00097-17 Branding steer 1885
00097-18 Branding steer 1885
00097-19 Branding steer 1885
00097-20 Preparing to brand steer 1885
00097-21 Branding steer 1885
00097-22 Branding DeMores cattle 1885
00097-23 Branding cow in stall 1885
00097-24 Branding cow in squeezer 1885
00097-25 Cattle in run 1885
00097-26 DeMores Cattle branding ca. 1890-1920
00097-27 Breaking a horse, Medora (ND)
00097-28 Bronco Busting, Medora (ND)
00097-29 Bronco Busting, Medora (ND)
00097-30-34 Log Ranch House and outbuildings 1885
00097-33 Cattle in pens, horse and buggy
00097-35 Vallombrosa, Medora Van H.
00097-36 Medora Von Hoffman, Medora (ND)
00097-37 Medora Von Hoffman, Medora (ND)
00097-38 Medora Von Hoffman, Medora (ND)
00097-42 Tony Vallombrosa
00097-43 Louis Vallombrosa
00097-44 Medora-Deadwood Stagecoach, Dickinson (SD) 1896
00097-45 Medora-Deadwood Stagecoach, Dickinson (ND) 1885
00097-46 Medora-Deadwood Stagecoach, Dickinson (ND) 1885
00097-47 Medora (ND) 1906
00097-48 Medora (ND) 1908
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