Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1866-1867.
EUGENE HOLCOMB was born at Carthage, Jefferson county, New York, and when he was eight years old the family moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, where his father engaged in farming, and where he was reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he crossed the plains to Los Angeles, California, where he passed the summer. In the fall of that year he returned east as far as Abilene, Kansas, and was occupied in the stock industry there. The next year was passed at his Iowa home, and he then came back to Kansas and renewed his enterprise in the cattle business. Later he sold his interests in Kansas and went to Iowa again for the winter, after which he came to the Black Hills, bringing a large herd of cattle with him which he placed on the Cheyenne river. These were the first cattle placed there, the, whole country at the time of his arrival being new and undeveloped. Starting on a small scale, he gradually enlarged his herds until he became one of the largest stockmen in this section. Of late years he has become possessed of extensive tracts on the Cheyenne and elsewhere, and has also considerable pasture land leased. From the time of his arrival in the Hills he has made his home at Rapid City, and he now has there an elegant modern residence. Of the fraternal orders he has united with but one, the Masonic order, which he joined soon after reaching the age of twenty-one. He was married in Dubuque county, Iowa, to Miss Laura Jewett, a native of that state, and they have one child.
EUGENE HOLCOMB was born at Carthage, Jefferson county, New York, and when he was eight years old the family moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, where his father engaged in farming, and where he was reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he crossed the plains to Los Angeles, California, where he passed the summer. In the fall of that year he returned east as far as Abilene, Kansas, and was occupied in the stock industry there. The next year was passed at his Iowa home, and he then came back to Kansas and renewed his enterprise in the cattle business. Later he sold his interests in Kansas and went to Iowa again for the winter, after which he came to the Black Hills, bringing a large herd of cattle with him which he placed on the Cheyenne river. These were the first cattle placed there, the, whole country at the time of his arrival being new and undeveloped. Starting on a small scale, he gradually enlarged his herds until he became one of the largest stockmen in this section. Of late years he has become possessed of extensive tracts on the Cheyenne and elsewhere, and has also considerable pasture land leased. From the time of his arrival in the Hills he has made his home at Rapid City, and he now has there an elegant modern residence. Of the fraternal orders he has united with but one, the Masonic order, which he joined soon after reaching the age of twenty-one. He was married in Dubuque county, Iowa, to Miss Laura Jewett, a native of that state, and they have one child.
Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1866-1867.
EUGENE HOLCOMB was born at Carthage, Jefferson county, New York, and when he was eight years old the family moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, where his father engaged in farming, and where he was reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he crossed the plains to Los Angeles, California, where he passed the summer. In the fall of that year he returned east as far as Abilene, Kansas, and was occupied in the stock industry there. The next year was passed at his Iowa home, and he then came back to Kansas and renewed his enterprise in the cattle business. Later he sold his interests in Kansas and went to Iowa again for the winter, after which he came to the Black Hills, bringing a large herd of cattle with him which he placed on the Cheyenne river. These were the first cattle placed there, the, whole country at the time of his arrival being new and undeveloped. Starting on a small scale, he gradually enlarged his herds until he became one of the largest stockmen in this section. Of late years he has become possessed of extensive tracts on the Cheyenne and elsewhere, and has also considerable pasture land leased. From the time of his arrival in the Hills he has made his home at Rapid City, and he now has there an elegant modern residence. Of the fraternal orders he has united with but one, the Masonic order, which he joined soon after reaching the age of twenty-one. He was married in Dubuque county, Iowa, to Miss Laura Jewett, a native of that state, and they have one child.
EUGENE HOLCOMB was born at Carthage, Jefferson county, New York, and when he was eight years old the family moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, where his father engaged in farming, and where he was reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he crossed the plains to Los Angeles, California, where he passed the summer. In the fall of that year he returned east as far as Abilene, Kansas, and was occupied in the stock industry there. The next year was passed at his Iowa home, and he then came back to Kansas and renewed his enterprise in the cattle business. Later he sold his interests in Kansas and went to Iowa again for the winter, after which he came to the Black Hills, bringing a large herd of cattle with him which he placed on the Cheyenne river. These were the first cattle placed there, the, whole country at the time of his arrival being new and undeveloped. Starting on a small scale, he gradually enlarged his herds until he became one of the largest stockmen in this section. Of late years he has become possessed of extensive tracts on the Cheyenne and elsewhere, and has also considerable pasture land leased. From the time of his arrival in the Hills he has made his home at Rapid City, and he now has there an elegant modern residence. Of the fraternal orders he has united with but one, the Masonic order, which he joined soon after reaching the age of twenty-one. He was married in Dubuque county, Iowa, to Miss Laura Jewett, a native of that state, and they have one child.
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