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Title: Marquis DeMores
Dates: 1895-1943
Collection Number: 00098
Quantity: 92 items
Abstract: Includes images of the DeMores family in Medora, Dakota Territory, and the Von Hoffmann family in France.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the Marquis de Mores Collection as a gift from James Foley, 1910; Duc de Vallombrosa; Milton Higgins, 1957; Antoine Manca de Vallombrosa de Mores, 1970, 1978, 1980; Steve Carlson, 1976; and Richard Rausch, 1991. The photographs were separated from MSS 10036 to create this collection.
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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
00098-001 Louis Vallombrosa summer 1939
00098-002 Medora Von Hoffman Vallombrosa 1920
00098-003 Athenais Vallombrosa
00098-004 Mrs. Louis Vallombrosa, Marie Therese du Bong
00098-005 Louis Vallombrosa March 1958
00098-006 Paul Vallombrosa, Lt. Cavalerie Croix de Guerre France 1914-1918
00098-007 Paul Vallombrosa
00098-008 Baron Von Hoffman
00098-009 Marquis DeMores in fringed buckskin
00098-010 Marquis DeMores portrait
00098-011 Marquis DeMores portrait in military uniform
00098-012 Marquis DeMores portrait in military uniform
00098-013 Marquis DeMores portrait with cowboy hat
00098-014 Medora Von Hoffman Vallombrosa before her wedding, Cannes 1920
00098-015 Marquis DeMores, Baron Von Hoffman and guests at Chateau la Bocca, France 1911
00098-016 Medora Von Hoffman Vallombrosa in corral with dog and cat 1920
00098-017 Cattle chute loading into train, Medora (DT)
00098-018 Chateau de Mores front and side, Medora (DT)
00098-019 Foley’s house, Medora (DT)
00098-020 Billings County Court House, Medora (ND) 1913
00098-021 Cattle and horses, house in background, Medora (DT)
00098-022 Mr. Johnson’s house, Medora (DT)
00098-023 Train approaching on tracks, Medora (ND) ca. 1913
00098-024 Leased houses belonging to the Marquis DeMores, Medora (ND) 1913
00098-025 Depot, Medora (ND) 1913
00098-026 Cowboy on horse, Medora (ND) 1913
00098-027 Louis Vallombrosa
00098-028 Baroness Von Hoffman
00098-029 Man and two women on covered swing, Medora (ND)
00098-030 Two men and dog by fountain, Medora (ND)
00098-032 Six men, Medora (ND)
00098-033 Louis Vallombrosa on porch, Medora (ND)
00098-034 Woman on horse, Medora (ND)
00098-035 Woman on horse, Medora (ND)
00098-036 Boy on snow skis
00098-037 Man on deck of ship
00098-038 Man on deck of ship
00098-039 Looking back over deck to another ship
00098-040 Boat in water photographed from above
00098-041 Small ship
00098-042 Cruise ship in harbor
00098-043 Sailboat
00098-044 Small ship bringing passengers to cruise ship 1943
00098-045 Ship in harbor
00098-046 Breakers on beach at sunset
00098-047 Breakers on coastline
00098-048 Garden with palm trees
00098-049 Coast lined with palm trees
00098-050 Palm trees
00098-051 Palm trees and flowers
00098-052 Castle seen through the trees
00098-053 Palm trees and garden
00098-054 Spanish style house
00098-055 Cemetery with monuments
00098-056 Men and women at beach with parasols
00098-057 Woman and two men standing
00098-058 Woman with parasol
00098-059 Two men fencing
00098-060 Group standing by car ca. 1940s
00098-062 Men and women in lawn tennis garb
00098-063 Horse drawn Red Cross wagon
00098-064 Formal water garden
00098-065 Woman and girl
00098-068 Woman leans on cannon
00098-069 Men and women in front of old building
00098-070 Middle Eastern scene with palms
00098-071 Group by cross monument
00098-073 Group in front of door
00098-075 Marquis DeMores holds red flag in family portrait 1895
00098-075 Group in doorway
00098-076 Lt. General Duc des Cars
00098-077 Schloss Seussit a Elbe
00098-078 Chateau de Bretagne
00098-079 Serthe-Chateau de Sourches
00098-080 Holzhausen
00098-081 Park Holzhausen
00098-082 Marie Therese laFond funeral card
00098-083 Chateau de Montjoye Rambouillet
00098-084 Chateau d’Abondant
00098-085 Schloss Holzhausen
00098-086 Pouilly-sur Loire
00098-087 Pouilly-sur Loire
00098-088 Chateau du Nozet
00098-089 Pouilly-sur Loire
00098-090 Environs de Dreux Chateau d’Abondant
00098-092 La Bocca Cannes, home of Baron Von Hoffman
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