Pedro Altube
Spanish-American rancher and speculator
About Pedro Altube
Lived 1827 – 1905 (aged 78).
Pedro de Altube Idigoras (April 27, 1827 – August 8, 1905) was a Basque-born American rancher who established, along with his brother Bernardo, the renowned Spanish Ranch in northwestern Nevada. Pedro Altube and his brother Bernardo had emigrated from Spain to Argentina and from there, in 1849, he joined the rush for gold in California, amassing a small fortune not only in the mining camps but in very lucrative cattle and dairy operations. The Altube brothers then established a ranch in northeastern Nevada — the extensive and prosperous Spanish Ranch in Independence Valley, Elko County, near Tuscarora.
Pedro died sudden and unexpectedly of a stroke in 1905, and was interred in the family vault in Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.
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Who was Pedro Altube?
Spanish-American rancher and speculator
When was Pedro Altube born?
Pedro Altube was born on 27 April 1827 in Oñati.
When did Pedro Altube die?
Pedro Altube died on 8 August 1905 in California, San Francisco, United States.
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