Pierre Wibaux
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==Post-ranching Activities== | ==Post-ranching Activities== | ||
Wibaux, being a main land-owner in the area started to develop infrastructures and services in the area. He became the President and 95% owner of the State National Bank in Miles City, and also opened his own national bank in [[Forsyth, Montana|Forsythe]] of which he was the president. This particular position gave him the right to sign dollar bills to issue money, making him the only ever Frenchman ever to do so. | Wibaux, being a main land-owner in the area started to develop infrastructures and services in the area. He became the President and 95% owner of the State National Bank in Miles City, and also opened his own national bank in [[Forsyth, Montana|Forsythe]] of which he was the president. This particular position gave him the right to sign dollar bills to issue money, making him the only ever Frenchman ever to do so. | ||
| − | Pierre was also to be the only owner of the Clover Leaf Gold Mining Company which was thriving on gold-mines in the [[Black Hills]] region. | + | Pierre was also to be the only owner of the Clover Leaf Gold Mining Company which was thriving on gold-mines in the [[Black Hills]] region. He was one of several stockholders in the [[Yellowstone Coal Company]] around 1907 which mined low quality lignite coal from the north side of the Yellowstone. |
| − | By 1910, Pierre turned to traveling, but his plans were cut short by liver cancer. He died at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago March 21, 1913 (age 58). His wife Nellie and son Cyril returned to France, spent the rest of their lives there, and are buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. | + | By 1910, Pierre turned to traveling, but his plans were cut short by liver cancer. He died at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago March 21, 1913 (age 58). His wife Nellie and son Cyril returned to France, spent the rest of their lives there, and are buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. |
==Philanthropy== | ==Philanthropy== | ||
