Marquis de Mores

Marquis de Morès (June 14, 1858 - June 9, 1896) was a frontier ranchman in the Badlands during the final years of the Wild West era famous for having challenged Theodore Roosevelt to a duel.

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June 14 - 1858 - June 9 - 1896 - Frontier - Badlands - Wild West - Theodore Roosevelt

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A native of France, de Morès tried to revolutionize the ranching industry by shipping refrigerated meat to Chicago by railroad, thus bypassing the Chicago stockyards. He built a meat-packing plant for this purpose in Medora, North Dakota, the town he founded in 1883 and named for his wife, Medora Von Hoffman.

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France - Chicago - Medora, North Dakota - 1883 - Medora Von Hoffman

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