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Peter French (April 30, 1849 – December 26, 1897) was a rancher in the western United States in the late 19th century. The community of Frenchglen, Oregon , was partially named for him. Early life [ edit ]
John William "Pete" French (1849-1897) Peter (or Pete) French was a stockman of near-legendary status who ran great herds of cattle and horses in southeastern Oregon at the end of the nineteenth century. He is known for building the Pete French Round Barn near New Princeton, southeast of Burns, and is the namesake (along with Hugh Glenn) of the ...
The Death of Peter French: Clashes of Cattlemen and Settlers. Michael McGregor. Written by Michael N. McGregor. One spring day in 1881, when Malheur Lake was filled with mountain runoff, some of its water spilled into nearby Harney Lake. Cowhand Martin Brenton claimed he started the spill by kicking at a reef of sand.
In 2016 a new line-up of Atomic Rooster played together with permission to use the name offered initially to Pete French from Crane's widow. The first gig was a low-key warm-up in Clitheroe, Lancashire on 14 July 2016. The line-up was Pete French and Steve Bolton, keyboardist Christian Madden, bass guitarist Shug Millidge and drummer Bo Walsh.
The Pete French Round Barn stands in the heart of Harney County and remains a monument to one man’s livestock empire. Peter French arrived in 1872 and began amassing land and cattle. By the mid-1880s, his enterprise had grown to 70,000 acres and 45,000 head of cattle. Some claimed he didn’t legally acquire the land or water rights, which ...
My father told mc that this was the place Peter French was killed, on Dec. 26, 1897. The first man to reach French after he was shot and had fallen from his horse was Emanuel Clark. Burt French, Pete's brother, was the second, and my father, who had also witnessed the shooting, was the third. Burt was trying to get Peter French to talk, but he was
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Pete French was one of the colorful figures in the early livestock operations in southeast Harney County, Oregon. He was born John William French on April 30, 1849 in Missouri. His family moved to the Sacramento Valley in California in 1850 and began a small ranch operation. His father later moved further north in the valley and established a ...
