George W. Grayson: Millionaire Landowner and Founder of Humboldt Land & Cattle Company
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In 1891, Grayson arranged to ship 3,000 head of stock cattle from one of his ranges in New Mexico to his ranch at Beowawe, where he had plenty of feed to fatten them for market. [1][2] The move required eight trains of nineteen cars each, at a railway cost of $15,000. [1][2]
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- The Eureka (Nev… (1891)The Eureka (Nev.) Sentinel says: Geo. W. Grayson, the millionaire, and one of the largest land owners in the west, and father of the Hum- boldt Land & Cattle company, at Beowawe, is making arrangements to ship …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-10-02 (1891)The 360 steers sent to Kansas City last week by Mariano S. Otero, of Bernalillo, N. M., sold as follows: 227 averaging 773 pounds, brought $1.62, and 135 averaging 271 pounds, sold at $1.40. The Eureka (N…