FORT BIDWELL - Leo Sagehorn, 90, died at his Fort Bidwell ranch Thursday, April 19, 1990.
Mr. Sagehorn was so young when he started ranching and remained a rancher for so many years that some people in Klamath, Modoc and Lake counties who met him for the first time thought he was his son or grandson.
He was born July 7, 1899 in Mendocino County, California, where his German-born parents were pioneer ranchers.
He moved to the Klamath County in 1918 to herd sheep for Ned O'Connor an early Klamath sheepman, whose operations were based in Merrill. In 1920, Mr. Sagehorn became a partner with David McAuliffe, running a multi-band outfit that wintered in the Lava Beds, lambed in the hills behind Klamath Falls, summered on the Klamath Marsh and pastured in the fall near Merrill. The campus of Oregon Technical Institute was the lambing headquarters.
Mr. Sagehorn married Alice Alexander in 1928. She died in 1929.
In 1938 he married Marie J. O'Callaghan, a sister-in-law, and widow of his friend, Jeremiah O'Callaghan, a railroader who was killed near Bly in 1930. She died in 1985.
In the meantime, Mr. Sagehorn acquired dry land homesteads along the southeast shore of Tule Lake and along Highway 139 as a base for grazing on the Modoc National Forest. From 1936 to 1947 he summered on Shaw Lumber Co. timberlands between Glass and Timber mountains. He bought irrigated property east of Tulelake in 1942 and in 1946 he purchased the Wilson Place southeast of Yainax Mountian.
Mr. Sagehorn switched from sheep to cattle in 1947. He sold the Tulelake holdings in 1949 and bought the Ash Ranch at Fort Bidwell. Dry Prairie was retained and used in conjunction with the surprise Valley holdings.
He was an honorary life member of the Modoc County Historical Society, honorary member of the Modoc Cattlemen's Association and longtime member of the California Woolgrowers Association.
Survivors include stepsons, Jerry A. O'Callaghan, Bethesda, Md., and Maurice O'Callaghan, Fort Bidwell; brothers, Charles, Ukiah, Calif., August, Sacramento, Calif.; and Ernest, Folsom, Calif.; sisters, Charlotte Rucker, Ukiah, and Ann Christy, Sacramento; step-granddaughters, Jane Edwards, Rockville, Md., and susan Davis, Silver spring, Md., and one step-granddaughter.
Mr. Sagehorn was so young when he started ranching and remained a rancher for so many years that some people in Klamath, Modoc and Lake counties who met him for the first time thought he was his son or grandson.
He was born July 7, 1899 in Mendocino County, California, where his German-born parents were pioneer ranchers.
He moved to the Klamath County in 1918 to herd sheep for Ned O'Connor an early Klamath sheepman, whose operations were based in Merrill. In 1920, Mr. Sagehorn became a partner with David McAuliffe, running a multi-band outfit that wintered in the Lava Beds, lambed in the hills behind Klamath Falls, summered on the Klamath Marsh and pastured in the fall near Merrill. The campus of Oregon Technical Institute was the lambing headquarters.
Mr. Sagehorn married Alice Alexander in 1928. She died in 1929.
In 1938 he married Marie J. O'Callaghan, a sister-in-law, and widow of his friend, Jeremiah O'Callaghan, a railroader who was killed near Bly in 1930. She died in 1985.
In the meantime, Mr. Sagehorn acquired dry land homesteads along the southeast shore of Tule Lake and along Highway 139 as a base for grazing on the Modoc National Forest. From 1936 to 1947 he summered on Shaw Lumber Co. timberlands between Glass and Timber mountains. He bought irrigated property east of Tulelake in 1942 and in 1946 he purchased the Wilson Place southeast of Yainax Mountian.
Mr. Sagehorn switched from sheep to cattle in 1947. He sold the Tulelake holdings in 1949 and bought the Ash Ranch at Fort Bidwell. Dry Prairie was retained and used in conjunction with the surprise Valley holdings.
He was an honorary life member of the Modoc County Historical Society, honorary member of the Modoc Cattlemen's Association and longtime member of the California Woolgrowers Association.
Survivors include stepsons, Jerry A. O'Callaghan, Bethesda, Md., and Maurice O'Callaghan, Fort Bidwell; brothers, Charles, Ukiah, Calif., August, Sacramento, Calif.; and Ernest, Folsom, Calif.; sisters, Charlotte Rucker, Ukiah, and Ann Christy, Sacramento; step-granddaughters, Jane Edwards, Rockville, Md., and susan Davis, Silver spring, Md., and one step-granddaughter.
FORT BIDWELL - Leo Sagehorn, 90, died at his Fort Bidwell ranch Thursday, April 19, 1990.
Mr. Sagehorn was so young when he started ranching and remained a rancher for so many years that some people in Klamath, Modoc and Lake counties who met him for the first time thought he was his son or grandson.
He was born July 7, 1899 in Mendocino County, California, where his German-born parents were pioneer ranchers.
He moved to the Klamath County in 1918 to herd sheep for Ned O'Connor an early Klamath sheepman, whose operations were based in Merrill. In 1920, Mr. Sagehorn became a partner with David McAuliffe, running a multi-band outfit that wintered in the Lava Beds, lambed in the hills behind Klamath Falls, summered on the Klamath Marsh and pastured in the fall near Merrill. The campus of Oregon Technical Institute was the lambing headquarters.
Mr. Sagehorn married Alice Alexander in 1928. She died in 1929.
In 1938 he married Marie J. O'Callaghan, a sister-in-law, and widow of his friend, Jeremiah O'Callaghan, a railroader who was killed near Bly in 1930. She died in 1985.
In the meantime, Mr. Sagehorn acquired dry land homesteads along the southeast shore of Tule Lake and along Highway 139 as a base for grazing on the Modoc National Forest. From 1936 to 1947 he summered on Shaw Lumber Co. timberlands between Glass and Timber mountains. He bought irrigated property east of Tulelake in 1942 and in 1946 he purchased the Wilson Place southeast of Yainax Mountian.
Mr. Sagehorn switched from sheep to cattle in 1947. He sold the Tulelake holdings in 1949 and bought the Ash Ranch at Fort Bidwell. Dry Prairie was retained and used in conjunction with the surprise Valley holdings.
He was an honorary life member of the Modoc County Historical Society, honorary member of the Modoc Cattlemen's Association and longtime member of the California Woolgrowers Association.
Survivors include stepsons, Jerry A. O'Callaghan, Bethesda, Md., and Maurice O'Callaghan, Fort Bidwell; brothers, Charles, Ukiah, Calif., August, Sacramento, Calif.; and Ernest, Folsom, Calif.; sisters, Charlotte Rucker, Ukiah, and Ann Christy, Sacramento; step-granddaughters, Jane Edwards, Rockville, Md., and susan Davis, Silver spring, Md., and one step-granddaughter.
Mr. Sagehorn was so young when he started ranching and remained a rancher for so many years that some people in Klamath, Modoc and Lake counties who met him for the first time thought he was his son or grandson.
He was born July 7, 1899 in Mendocino County, California, where his German-born parents were pioneer ranchers.
He moved to the Klamath County in 1918 to herd sheep for Ned O'Connor an early Klamath sheepman, whose operations were based in Merrill. In 1920, Mr. Sagehorn became a partner with David McAuliffe, running a multi-band outfit that wintered in the Lava Beds, lambed in the hills behind Klamath Falls, summered on the Klamath Marsh and pastured in the fall near Merrill. The campus of Oregon Technical Institute was the lambing headquarters.
Mr. Sagehorn married Alice Alexander in 1928. She died in 1929.
In 1938 he married Marie J. O'Callaghan, a sister-in-law, and widow of his friend, Jeremiah O'Callaghan, a railroader who was killed near Bly in 1930. She died in 1985.
In the meantime, Mr. Sagehorn acquired dry land homesteads along the southeast shore of Tule Lake and along Highway 139 as a base for grazing on the Modoc National Forest. From 1936 to 1947 he summered on Shaw Lumber Co. timberlands between Glass and Timber mountains. He bought irrigated property east of Tulelake in 1942 and in 1946 he purchased the Wilson Place southeast of Yainax Mountian.
Mr. Sagehorn switched from sheep to cattle in 1947. He sold the Tulelake holdings in 1949 and bought the Ash Ranch at Fort Bidwell. Dry Prairie was retained and used in conjunction with the surprise Valley holdings.
He was an honorary life member of the Modoc County Historical Society, honorary member of the Modoc Cattlemen's Association and longtime member of the California Woolgrowers Association.
Survivors include stepsons, Jerry A. O'Callaghan, Bethesda, Md., and Maurice O'Callaghan, Fort Bidwell; brothers, Charles, Ukiah, Calif., August, Sacramento, Calif.; and Ernest, Folsom, Calif.; sisters, Charlotte Rucker, Ukiah, and Ann Christy, Sacramento; step-granddaughters, Jane Edwards, Rockville, Md., and susan Davis, Silver spring, Md., and one step-granddaughter.
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