Louis Dean
Louis Dean, Louis Gerlach and Henry Flak bought the Ward Brother's Cattle Outfit in 1884. The purchase included water rights from Pyramid Lake to the Oregon border.[1][2] Dean was to be the business manager and the sale was for $150,000.[3]
In 1889, Dean owned Deep Hole and Granite Creek Station.[4]
Dean died in San Francisco of Bright's Disease in 1913.[2]
Louis Dean was not the last Pony Expressman.[5]
References
- ↑ "Passing of Last Pony Expressman." (Obituary of Louis Dean), San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 1913, p. 28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Recall Tales of Louis Dean," Nevada State Journal, April 2, 1913, p. 3.
- ↑ "A Big Sale," Reno Evening Gazette, April 25, 1884, p. 3
- ↑ "Died on the Desert," The Weekly Gazette And Stockman, Reno, August 8, 1889, p. 1.
- ↑ "Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express," Christopher Corbett.
External resources
- San Francisco Chronicle, "Death on the Desert" (from the Reno Journal), August 11, 1889, p. 12. Louis Dean reports the death of a L.H. Long from Roseburg, Oregon. Long died within two miles of Granite Station. "He had wandered back within site of the ranch - probably delirious, looking for water. The ground was torn and dug up in every direction."