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Lorenzo Winchester Stacy was a cattleman, land developer, banker and early resident of [[Miles City, Montana]].

Lorenzo was born in Athens, Ohio on [[24 August 1847]] (or 1850) to Joel A. Stacy (1817 - 1868) and Sally Amelia Elston Stacy (1819 - 1858). He had at least one sibling, [[Alvin W. Stacy]], who lived near Lorenzo in the last years of Alvin's life.

He moved to eastern Montana, about 80 miles south of Miles City, on a large ranch between the Tongue and Powder rivers in 1883.
At one point, he was the manager of the [[L U Bar Ranch]] on [[Phillips Creek]] in the [[Little Dry]], running three wagons and about 30,000 cattle between the [[Yellowstone River]] and the [[Missouri River]].

In [[December 1888]], he married [[Mary Louise Hotchkiss]] to whom five children were born, [[Edward W. Stacy]], [[Florence Stacy]], [[Lorenzo Winchester Stacy, Jr.]], [[Frances May Stacy]] and [[Alvin W. Stacy (younger)]]. Florence preceded her father in death and Wibaux park, located in the southwest part of the city, was dedicated by the family to her memory.

Mr. Stacy was president of the [[Commercial State Bank]] from 1906 to 1911. 

Determined to bring the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad]] to Miles City, Stacy organized his fellow businessmen to secure and donate property for the railroad’s right-of-way. In 1908, the Milwaukee Road arrived, rewarding their efforts; that same year Stacy hired local architect [[Brynjulf Rivenes]] to design an elegant, if isolated home on the eighty acres he owned at the edge of Miles City (2206 Main St.). Rivenes’ eclectic design featured such classical details as a monumental, two-story back porch (enclosed in the 1920s) and a balustraded front porch with a central one-story portico; its hipped dormers, wide eaves, and Spanish roof tiles reflected the newly fashionable Prairie style. The “commodious and attractive residence of modern architectural design” did not remain isolated for long. The Milwaukee Railroad delivered the predicted boom, and Stacy found a ready market for lots. By 1915, when Stacy sold part of the land he had purchased from Jason Strevell's estate to the city for Wibaux Park, his house had been joined by many others, and East Main Street had become home to Miles City’s most fashionable residences. The street that ran on the west side of Wibaux Park had been named after Strevell, the street that bisected the park was named Stacy and the street on the east side of the park was name after his son L. Winchester Jr. A portion of Winchester street was called Cale, after S. Fred Cale who had a farm at that portion.

He was a member of the board of directors of Commercial State Bank at the time of his death. He had been in ill health for several months and spent considerable time in the south, where it was believed a milder climate would be of benefit.

He died at 8:15 o'clock morning, Friday 3 September 1920 at the family residence in Miles City, age 70.