First wife Ella M. Lewis, second Carlotta/Charlotte Wood
"Who's Who in American History", Volume 1, 1897-1942
In July 1883 he established, along with Henry A Tweed, Cochise Stronghold Ranch aka Tweed and Packard ranch. It was the location of Helm's old ranch and the headquarters was the "Whitehouse", near Council Rocks on the NW side of the Dragoon Mountains, about 3 miles N of Slavin Gulch at West Stronghold Canyon. On the road between Tombstone and Cochise Station (Dragoon today). Sold the ranch to Ernest Storms, John Volz, and Joseph Pascholy in 1885. Thank you JamiA for the additional data.
Packard, Burdett Aden, stock raiser, miner, was born Nov. 1, 1848, in Portville, N.Y. Since l882 he has been engaged in mining, banking and the cattle business in Arizona. He developed several mines at Tombstone. Ariz. He is the owner of three hundred thousand acres of land and thirty thousand head of cattle. For two terms he was a member of the Arizona state legislature, He is president of the First National Bank of Douglas, Arizona.
Source: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: By Thomas William Herringshaw Published by American publishers' association, 1914
Pennsylvania oil man Burdette Packard was looking to diversify his holdings when he came west to Tombstone in 1880, where he invested in several silver mines. As mining declined, he switched his focus to farming and ranching. The Packard Cattle Company eventually occupied land in both Arizona and Sonora and helped establish the popularity of the Hereford cattle breed. One of his purchases was the San Rafael del Valle land grant along the San Pedro River.
When Phelps, Dodge Corporation looked to build a new copper smelter east of their operations in Bisbee, Packard participated in the establishment of the town site of Douglas, where he resided the rest of his life.
Packard played key roles in a number of financial institutions including the Bank of Bisbee; the Moctezuma Banking Company in Sonora, Mexico; the Valley Bank of Phoenix, and the First National Bank of Douglas which he owned. He also helped establish the Arizona State Fair. Politically active in the Democratic Party, he served in the 18th, 19th and 22nd Territorial Legislatures and several times as a delegate to the national party conventions.
Packard became deeply involved in financing the Constitutionalist movement during the Mexican Revolution, but depredations from both armies affected his ranching operations during the war. His cattle sales resumed following the end of fighting and he continued to sell cattle until his death in 1935. One of Packard's poker-playing friends was Constitutionalist General Alvaro Obregon, who became Mexico's President in 1920.
Thank you ScottishPiper for the information.
"Who's Who in American History", Volume 1, 1897-1942
In July 1883 he established, along with Henry A Tweed, Cochise Stronghold Ranch aka Tweed and Packard ranch. It was the location of Helm's old ranch and the headquarters was the "Whitehouse", near Council Rocks on the NW side of the Dragoon Mountains, about 3 miles N of Slavin Gulch at West Stronghold Canyon. On the road between Tombstone and Cochise Station (Dragoon today). Sold the ranch to Ernest Storms, John Volz, and Joseph Pascholy in 1885. Thank you JamiA for the additional data.
Packard, Burdett Aden, stock raiser, miner, was born Nov. 1, 1848, in Portville, N.Y. Since l882 he has been engaged in mining, banking and the cattle business in Arizona. He developed several mines at Tombstone. Ariz. He is the owner of three hundred thousand acres of land and thirty thousand head of cattle. For two terms he was a member of the Arizona state legislature, He is president of the First National Bank of Douglas, Arizona.
Source: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: By Thomas William Herringshaw Published by American publishers' association, 1914
Pennsylvania oil man Burdette Packard was looking to diversify his holdings when he came west to Tombstone in 1880, where he invested in several silver mines. As mining declined, he switched his focus to farming and ranching. The Packard Cattle Company eventually occupied land in both Arizona and Sonora and helped establish the popularity of the Hereford cattle breed. One of his purchases was the San Rafael del Valle land grant along the San Pedro River.
When Phelps, Dodge Corporation looked to build a new copper smelter east of their operations in Bisbee, Packard participated in the establishment of the town site of Douglas, where he resided the rest of his life.
Packard played key roles in a number of financial institutions including the Bank of Bisbee; the Moctezuma Banking Company in Sonora, Mexico; the Valley Bank of Phoenix, and the First National Bank of Douglas which he owned. He also helped establish the Arizona State Fair. Politically active in the Democratic Party, he served in the 18th, 19th and 22nd Territorial Legislatures and several times as a delegate to the national party conventions.
Packard became deeply involved in financing the Constitutionalist movement during the Mexican Revolution, but depredations from both armies affected his ranching operations during the war. His cattle sales resumed following the end of fighting and he continued to sell cattle until his death in 1935. One of Packard's poker-playing friends was Constitutionalist General Alvaro Obregon, who became Mexico's President in 1920.
Thank you ScottishPiper for the information.
First wife Ella M. Lewis, second Carlotta/Charlotte Wood
"Who's Who in American History", Volume 1, 1897-1942
In July 1883 he established, along with Henry A Tweed, Cochise Stronghold Ranch aka Tweed and Packard ranch. It was the location of Helm's old ranch and the headquarters was the "Whitehouse", near Council Rocks on the NW side of the Dragoon Mountains, about 3 miles N of Slavin Gulch at West Stronghold Canyon. On the road between Tombstone and Cochise Station (Dragoon today). Sold the ranch to Ernest Storms, John Volz, and Joseph Pascholy in 1885. Thank you JamiA for the additional data.
Packard, Burdett Aden, stock raiser, miner, was born Nov. 1, 1848, in Portville, N.Y. Since l882 he has been engaged in mining, banking and the cattle business in Arizona. He developed several mines at Tombstone. Ariz. He is the owner of three hundred thousand acres of land and thirty thousand head of cattle. For two terms he was a member of the Arizona state legislature, He is president of the First National Bank of Douglas, Arizona.
Source: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: By Thomas William Herringshaw Published by American publishers' association, 1914
Pennsylvania oil man Burdette Packard was looking to diversify his holdings when he came west to Tombstone in 1880, where he invested in several silver mines. As mining declined, he switched his focus to farming and ranching. The Packard Cattle Company eventually occupied land in both Arizona and Sonora and helped establish the popularity of the Hereford cattle breed. One of his purchases was the San Rafael del Valle land grant along the San Pedro River.
When Phelps, Dodge Corporation looked to build a new copper smelter east of their operations in Bisbee, Packard participated in the establishment of the town site of Douglas, where he resided the rest of his life.
Packard played key roles in a number of financial institutions including the Bank of Bisbee; the Moctezuma Banking Company in Sonora, Mexico; the Valley Bank of Phoenix, and the First National Bank of Douglas which he owned. He also helped establish the Arizona State Fair. Politically active in the Democratic Party, he served in the 18th, 19th and 22nd Territorial Legislatures and several times as a delegate to the national party conventions.
Packard became deeply involved in financing the Constitutionalist movement during the Mexican Revolution, but depredations from both armies affected his ranching operations during the war. His cattle sales resumed following the end of fighting and he continued to sell cattle until his death in 1935. One of Packard's poker-playing friends was Constitutionalist General Alvaro Obregon, who became Mexico's President in 1920.
Thank you ScottishPiper for the information.
"Who's Who in American History", Volume 1, 1897-1942
In July 1883 he established, along with Henry A Tweed, Cochise Stronghold Ranch aka Tweed and Packard ranch. It was the location of Helm's old ranch and the headquarters was the "Whitehouse", near Council Rocks on the NW side of the Dragoon Mountains, about 3 miles N of Slavin Gulch at West Stronghold Canyon. On the road between Tombstone and Cochise Station (Dragoon today). Sold the ranch to Ernest Storms, John Volz, and Joseph Pascholy in 1885. Thank you JamiA for the additional data.
Packard, Burdett Aden, stock raiser, miner, was born Nov. 1, 1848, in Portville, N.Y. Since l882 he has been engaged in mining, banking and the cattle business in Arizona. He developed several mines at Tombstone. Ariz. He is the owner of three hundred thousand acres of land and thirty thousand head of cattle. For two terms he was a member of the Arizona state legislature, He is president of the First National Bank of Douglas, Arizona.
Source: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: By Thomas William Herringshaw Published by American publishers' association, 1914
Pennsylvania oil man Burdette Packard was looking to diversify his holdings when he came west to Tombstone in 1880, where he invested in several silver mines. As mining declined, he switched his focus to farming and ranching. The Packard Cattle Company eventually occupied land in both Arizona and Sonora and helped establish the popularity of the Hereford cattle breed. One of his purchases was the San Rafael del Valle land grant along the San Pedro River.
When Phelps, Dodge Corporation looked to build a new copper smelter east of their operations in Bisbee, Packard participated in the establishment of the town site of Douglas, where he resided the rest of his life.
Packard played key roles in a number of financial institutions including the Bank of Bisbee; the Moctezuma Banking Company in Sonora, Mexico; the Valley Bank of Phoenix, and the First National Bank of Douglas which he owned. He also helped establish the Arizona State Fair. Politically active in the Democratic Party, he served in the 18th, 19th and 22nd Territorial Legislatures and several times as a delegate to the national party conventions.
Packard became deeply involved in financing the Constitutionalist movement during the Mexican Revolution, but depredations from both armies affected his ranching operations during the war. His cattle sales resumed following the end of fighting and he continued to sell cattle until his death in 1935. One of Packard's poker-playing friends was Constitutionalist General Alvaro Obregon, who became Mexico's President in 1920.
Thank you ScottishPiper for the information.
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