Ranches, of Deer Lodge Valley, Montana. Conrad Kohrs bought the John Grant ranch, nestled in the Deer Lodge Valley, in 1866. Conrad Kohrs, along with his wife Augusta, and his half-brother John Bielenberg, operated one of the largest cattle ranches in the nation at the turn of the twentieth century, grazing their cattle on ten million acres in four states and two Candian provinces. Their ranching business had several names through time, including the Pioneer Cattle Company and the Conrad Kohrs Company. Kohrs and Bielenberg opearated the ranch and many of their other joint investments as a partnership until 1908, when they incorporated as the Kohrs and Bielenberg Land and Livestock Company. They were also involved in mining and real estate.
From the guide to the Kohrs Family Papers, 1852-1952, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)
