Jose Antonio Bengoechea
Deceased Person
1861 – 1921
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Who was Jose Antonio Bengoechea?
Jose Bengoechea Anduiza was a Basque-American born in Bedarona, Biscay, Spain. He is most notable for his self made fortune in the early 20th century. He moved to the United States in 1897 and within twenty years he had a herd of over 100,000 sheep in southern Idaho. His motivation and ambition was seen through his many different roles as a local Basque "king" or "father" in Mountain Home, Idaho serving as the Vice-President of the Mountain Home Bank and the owner of the finest hotel in the western United States at that time, The Bengoechea Hotel.
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