He lived in Canada until 1956, when he went to Chicago, he moved on to ST Louis MO and Sioux City IA where he stayed until 1859. He drove a oxen wagon from FT Randall to FT PIerre until May 3, 0f 1860 when he an two other men headed for Colorado, they took up land and raised cattle. He was probably present at the fouding of Denver Colorado. He married Katrine Lippus in Denver October 6, 1871 in Denver. The family moved to Rapid City in July of 1879 and became sucessful ranchers. He was a stockholder in the First National Bank or Rapid City and served as vice president. Katrine died December 15, 1908 and Peter married Mrs Marie Derkerchove in 1910. The Duhamel Company was organized in 1907 and they sold hardware items, homefurnishings, and most famously, saddles. Peter and Katrina had 8 children, Matilda who married Maxmillian Babue, Alexander married Mary K Owens, Mary Louise married Dr Patrick Waldron Josephine married Cornelius Horgan. and Adeline married Charles Fallon, also Joseph, Anne and Agnes, no records found in the newspapers on them.
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1647.
PETER DUHAMEL, of Rapid City, was born December 22, 1839, near Montreal, Canada, and he remained there until he reached the age of seventeen. In April, 1857, he came to the United States, and after short stops at Chicago and St. Louis, proceeded to the mouth of the Sioux river, where Sioux City now hums with its myriad enterprises and busy life. The settlement at that time consisted of a store and a few uncanny residences built in the rude manner of the period and locality. He remained in this vicinity working on a farm until the fall of 1859, when he engaged to drive an ox-team from there to Fort Randall and on to Fort Pierre, his compensation to be fourteen dollars per month. He was therefore in the territory when almost all its inhabitants were Indians and soldiers. He remained at Fort Pierre until May 3, 1860, when, with two other men, he started for Pike's Peak. Nineteen days were consumed in reaching Denver on horseback, this place then consisting of two shacks and a few tents in the way of human habitations. The journey was tedious and trying, but otherwise uneventful, not a white man being met by the party in the whole of its course. Mr. Duhamel and his companions went up the South Platte to a point about nineteen miles north of Denver, where they took up land and he began to raise cattle on a small scale and gradually enlarged his operations, remaining there nineteen years. In July, 1879, he left there with his family and eight hundred cattle for southwestern Dakota, and arrived at Rapid City on September 29th. The following winter was an unusually severe one and he lost one-half of his stock. In the ensuing spring everybody in the neighborhood was discouraged and ready to sell out. But although he had lost heavily during the winter, he still had faith in the section and at once invested all he had in cattle. His confidence has been fully justified by subsequent experience, as he is now one of the largest and wealthiest stock men in the western part of the state. He later bought land all over the region, at one time owning extensive tracts, but in 1900 he sold both land and stock, not, however, intending to retire from the business, for he went south and bought more cattle which he placed in the northwestern corner of the state near the North Dakota and Montana lines, where his sons are now managing the business. He has for a long time made his home at Rapid City, where he has a fine residence. Here he is living retired from active pursuits, having turned all his business over to the management of his sons except his interest in the First National Bank of Rapid City, in which he is a leading stockholder and serves as vice-president.
On October 6, 1871, at Denver, Colorado, the subject was married to Miss Catherine Lappus, a native of Germany. They have eight children: Matilda (Mrs. Babue), Alexander, Mary (Mrs. Waldron), Josephine (Mrs. Horgan), Adeline (Mrs. Fallon), Joseph, Annie and Agnes.
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1647.
PETER DUHAMEL, of Rapid City, was born December 22, 1839, near Montreal, Canada, and he remained there until he reached the age of seventeen. In April, 1857, he came to the United States, and after short stops at Chicago and St. Louis, proceeded to the mouth of the Sioux river, where Sioux City now hums with its myriad enterprises and busy life. The settlement at that time consisted of a store and a few uncanny residences built in the rude manner of the period and locality. He remained in this vicinity working on a farm until the fall of 1859, when he engaged to drive an ox-team from there to Fort Randall and on to Fort Pierre, his compensation to be fourteen dollars per month. He was therefore in the territory when almost all its inhabitants were Indians and soldiers. He remained at Fort Pierre until May 3, 1860, when, with two other men, he started for Pike's Peak. Nineteen days were consumed in reaching Denver on horseback, this place then consisting of two shacks and a few tents in the way of human habitations. The journey was tedious and trying, but otherwise uneventful, not a white man being met by the party in the whole of its course. Mr. Duhamel and his companions went up the South Platte to a point about nineteen miles north of Denver, where they took up land and he began to raise cattle on a small scale and gradually enlarged his operations, remaining there nineteen years. In July, 1879, he left there with his family and eight hundred cattle for southwestern Dakota, and arrived at Rapid City on September 29th. The following winter was an unusually severe one and he lost one-half of his stock. In the ensuing spring everybody in the neighborhood was discouraged and ready to sell out. But although he had lost heavily during the winter, he still had faith in the section and at once invested all he had in cattle. His confidence has been fully justified by subsequent experience, as he is now one of the largest and wealthiest stock men in the western part of the state. He later bought land all over the region, at one time owning extensive tracts, but in 1900 he sold both land and stock, not, however, intending to retire from the business, for he went south and bought more cattle which he placed in the northwestern corner of the state near the North Dakota and Montana lines, where his sons are now managing the business. He has for a long time made his home at Rapid City, where he has a fine residence. Here he is living retired from active pursuits, having turned all his business over to the management of his sons except his interest in the First National Bank of Rapid City, in which he is a leading stockholder and serves as vice-president.
On October 6, 1871, at Denver, Colorado, the subject was married to Miss Catherine Lappus, a native of Germany. They have eight children: Matilda (Mrs. Babue), Alexander, Mary (Mrs. Waldron), Josephine (Mrs. Horgan), Adeline (Mrs. Fallon), Joseph, Annie and Agnes.
He lived in Canada until 1956, when he went to Chicago, he moved on to ST Louis MO and Sioux City IA where he stayed until 1859. He drove a oxen wagon from FT Randall to FT PIerre until May 3, 0f 1860 when he an two other men headed for Colorado, they took up land and raised cattle. He was probably present at the fouding of Denver Colorado. He married Katrine Lippus in Denver October 6, 1871 in Denver. The family moved to Rapid City in July of 1879 and became sucessful ranchers. He was a stockholder in the First National Bank or Rapid City and served as vice president. Katrine died December 15, 1908 and Peter married Mrs Marie Derkerchove in 1910. The Duhamel Company was organized in 1907 and they sold hardware items, homefurnishings, and most famously, saddles. Peter and Katrina had 8 children, Matilda who married Maxmillian Babue, Alexander married Mary K Owens, Mary Louise married Dr Patrick Waldron Josephine married Cornelius Horgan. and Adeline married Charles Fallon, also Joseph, Anne and Agnes, no records found in the newspapers on them.
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1647.
PETER DUHAMEL, of Rapid City, was born December 22, 1839, near Montreal, Canada, and he remained there until he reached the age of seventeen. In April, 1857, he came to the United States, and after short stops at Chicago and St. Louis, proceeded to the mouth of the Sioux river, where Sioux City now hums with its myriad enterprises and busy life. The settlement at that time consisted of a store and a few uncanny residences built in the rude manner of the period and locality. He remained in this vicinity working on a farm until the fall of 1859, when he engaged to drive an ox-team from there to Fort Randall and on to Fort Pierre, his compensation to be fourteen dollars per month. He was therefore in the territory when almost all its inhabitants were Indians and soldiers. He remained at Fort Pierre until May 3, 1860, when, with two other men, he started for Pike's Peak. Nineteen days were consumed in reaching Denver on horseback, this place then consisting of two shacks and a few tents in the way of human habitations. The journey was tedious and trying, but otherwise uneventful, not a white man being met by the party in the whole of its course. Mr. Duhamel and his companions went up the South Platte to a point about nineteen miles north of Denver, where they took up land and he began to raise cattle on a small scale and gradually enlarged his operations, remaining there nineteen years. In July, 1879, he left there with his family and eight hundred cattle for southwestern Dakota, and arrived at Rapid City on September 29th. The following winter was an unusually severe one and he lost one-half of his stock. In the ensuing spring everybody in the neighborhood was discouraged and ready to sell out. But although he had lost heavily during the winter, he still had faith in the section and at once invested all he had in cattle. His confidence has been fully justified by subsequent experience, as he is now one of the largest and wealthiest stock men in the western part of the state. He later bought land all over the region, at one time owning extensive tracts, but in 1900 he sold both land and stock, not, however, intending to retire from the business, for he went south and bought more cattle which he placed in the northwestern corner of the state near the North Dakota and Montana lines, where his sons are now managing the business. He has for a long time made his home at Rapid City, where he has a fine residence. Here he is living retired from active pursuits, having turned all his business over to the management of his sons except his interest in the First National Bank of Rapid City, in which he is a leading stockholder and serves as vice-president.
On October 6, 1871, at Denver, Colorado, the subject was married to Miss Catherine Lappus, a native of Germany. They have eight children: Matilda (Mrs. Babue), Alexander, Mary (Mrs. Waldron), Josephine (Mrs. Horgan), Adeline (Mrs. Fallon), Joseph, Annie and Agnes.
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1647.
PETER DUHAMEL, of Rapid City, was born December 22, 1839, near Montreal, Canada, and he remained there until he reached the age of seventeen. In April, 1857, he came to the United States, and after short stops at Chicago and St. Louis, proceeded to the mouth of the Sioux river, where Sioux City now hums with its myriad enterprises and busy life. The settlement at that time consisted of a store and a few uncanny residences built in the rude manner of the period and locality. He remained in this vicinity working on a farm until the fall of 1859, when he engaged to drive an ox-team from there to Fort Randall and on to Fort Pierre, his compensation to be fourteen dollars per month. He was therefore in the territory when almost all its inhabitants were Indians and soldiers. He remained at Fort Pierre until May 3, 1860, when, with two other men, he started for Pike's Peak. Nineteen days were consumed in reaching Denver on horseback, this place then consisting of two shacks and a few tents in the way of human habitations. The journey was tedious and trying, but otherwise uneventful, not a white man being met by the party in the whole of its course. Mr. Duhamel and his companions went up the South Platte to a point about nineteen miles north of Denver, where they took up land and he began to raise cattle on a small scale and gradually enlarged his operations, remaining there nineteen years. In July, 1879, he left there with his family and eight hundred cattle for southwestern Dakota, and arrived at Rapid City on September 29th. The following winter was an unusually severe one and he lost one-half of his stock. In the ensuing spring everybody in the neighborhood was discouraged and ready to sell out. But although he had lost heavily during the winter, he still had faith in the section and at once invested all he had in cattle. His confidence has been fully justified by subsequent experience, as he is now one of the largest and wealthiest stock men in the western part of the state. He later bought land all over the region, at one time owning extensive tracts, but in 1900 he sold both land and stock, not, however, intending to retire from the business, for he went south and bought more cattle which he placed in the northwestern corner of the state near the North Dakota and Montana lines, where his sons are now managing the business. He has for a long time made his home at Rapid City, where he has a fine residence. Here he is living retired from active pursuits, having turned all his business over to the management of his sons except his interest in the First National Bank of Rapid City, in which he is a leading stockholder and serves as vice-president.
On October 6, 1871, at Denver, Colorado, the subject was married to Miss Catherine Lappus, a native of Germany. They have eight children: Matilda (Mrs. Babue), Alexander, Mary (Mrs. Waldron), Josephine (Mrs. Horgan), Adeline (Mrs. Fallon), Joseph, Annie and Agnes.
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