Born in Germany in 1846, Count Otto Franc von Lichtenstein came to America in 1866. Ranched in northern Wyoming - ""A Meeteetse Cattleman"". The Pitchfork ranch of the Big Horn Basin was founded In 1879 by Count Otto Franc von Liechtenstein, known as Otto Franc. In 1893, a story about Franc had outlaw Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) and Al Hainer arrested for stealing horses - See wyomingtalesandtrails.com/bighorn3. Franc frequently visited Billings. Killed, likely by accident, in 1903 while repairing fence - See Wealthy Ranchman is Shot and Killed, Anaconda Standard, December 2, 1903, p.1. His four journals are in the McCracken Research Library at Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
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Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 12,506,000 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 2941 x 2372 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 5.0.
Date Digitized
2011-05-05
Relation
See wyomingtalesandtrails.com/bighorn3. See Wealthy Ranchman is Shot and Killed, Anaconda Standard, December 2, 1903, p.1. McCracken Research Library at Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
