Joseph Eichhorn
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| + | '''Joseph Eichhorn''' (1848-) was an early rancher and farmer near Miles City. | ||
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| + | Joseph Eichhorn was born in Philadelphia, PA [[8 Jul 1848]]. He lived in Iowa in from at least 1869 to at least 1878, when he married [[Emma C. Campbell]]. | ||
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| + | 1881 Eichhorn and his wife and son [[Arthur Eichhorn]] arrive in Miles City. They are on the first train carrying passengers to arrive in [[Glendive]]. The men of the party go overland in horse drawn wagons, driving stock, while women and children take the steamboat [[F. Y. Bachelor]] up the Yellowstone to Miles City. Takes up homestead two miles east of Miles City "along present road to Country Club" (probably Haynes Ave), raising stock between Miles City and [[Log Creek]]. | ||
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| + | Winter of 1886, the blizzard kills off most of his stock. | ||
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| + | He raises a truck garden, peddling produce (fruits and vegetables) around Miles City in a horse drawn wagon. The irrigation ditch promises to benefit his operation, but takes many years to complete. He must have hauled a lot of water until then. | ||
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One of the [[Eichhorn Brothers]]. | One of the [[Eichhorn Brothers]]. | ||
September 1894 has a two story frame home surrounded by trees, a grass yard with flowers, an orchard and a garden. 11 acres of watermelons, shipping three car loads per week to Butte, Helena and other Montana markets. He had products in the world's fair last year? An 80 lb squash, 52 lb melon, big cit?ons, potatoes, beets, etc. | September 1894 has a two story frame home surrounded by trees, a grass yard with flowers, an orchard and a garden. 11 acres of watermelons, shipping three car loads per week to Butte, Helena and other Montana markets. He had products in the world's fair last year? An 80 lb squash, 52 lb melon, big cit?ons, potatoes, beets, etc. | ||
