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Celebration & Field Day
May 20, 2023- 11 am to 3 pm
George Grant Monument ( 1st Street & Angus Drive) Directions: I-70 exit 168. Drive south several miles until the road ends, then turn left on Old Hwy 40. Make the first right onto Main St. then quickly turn left onto 1st St. Drive until it ends at Grant Cemetery.
Victoria, KS
Schedule of Events* (tentative)
11 am- Begin Arrival, Registration, View Cattle Displays, Silent Auction Opens
12 pm- Welcome
Lunch featuring Certified Angus Beef Smoked Brisket
1 - 2 pm Educational Presentations
2:30 pm- Wreath laying and Re-dedication of the George Grant Monument
Throughout the event- View Cattle, Networking, Silent Auction, Kids Activities until 3 pm.
3:15 to 4:30 pm- Visit Grant Villa -Opportunity to view the George Grant Villa. The Villa is a private residence but is available to view from the outside, drive thru the property, stop and take photos. Current owners are Ron & Susan (Baier)Legleiter. . Mr. Legleiter will attend the Celebration and will be at the Villa to visit with you. The Villa is just a short drive from the Monument site. Scroll down for Villa photos and info.
* tentative
May 20, 2023- 11 am to 3 pm
George Grant Monument ( 1st Street & Angus Drive) Directions: I-70 exit 168. Drive south several miles until the road ends, then turn left on Old Hwy 40. Make the first right onto Main St. then quickly turn left onto 1st St. Drive until it ends at Grant Cemetery.
Victoria, KS
Schedule of Events* (tentative)
11 am- Begin Arrival, Registration, View Cattle Displays, Silent Auction Opens
12 pm- Welcome
Lunch featuring Certified Angus Beef Smoked Brisket
1 - 2 pm Educational Presentations
- 1st Angus Bulls Journey to Victoria & Beyond- Tom Burke
- Certified Angus Beef Brand-Lindsay Graber Runft, Director Producer Communications
- Evolution of the Beef Business in Ks- Rick Pfortmiller, NEOGEN
2:30 pm- Wreath laying and Re-dedication of the George Grant Monument
Throughout the event- View Cattle, Networking, Silent Auction, Kids Activities until 3 pm.
3:15 to 4:30 pm- Visit Grant Villa -Opportunity to view the George Grant Villa. The Villa is a private residence but is available to view from the outside, drive thru the property, stop and take photos. Current owners are Ron & Susan (Baier)Legleiter. . Mr. Legleiter will attend the Celebration and will be at the Villa to visit with you. The Villa is just a short drive from the Monument site. Scroll down for Villa photos and info.
* tentative
Haxton Hoffman,
​Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, NE.
Bagpiper
The Kansas Angus Association welcomes Haxton Hoffman
This young bagpiper is twelve years old and from Thedford, Nebraska. Haxton is the seventh generation to be raised on a cattle ranch.
He and his family are premier Hereford and Angus Breeders and respect the value of family, just as we do. He is actively involved in both the Hereford and Charolais Junior Associations as well as 4-H. Haxton has worked hard at pursuing his dream of becoming a bagpiper since preschool. This past year he is finally able and willing to present his gift to the world as the bagpipes are one of the hardest instruments to learn.
The Hoffman family is proud of the dedication and commitment Haxton has put into following his passion are truly honored that the Kansas Angus Association has provided Haxton an opportunity to play the instrument that he loves.
This young bagpiper is twelve years old and from Thedford, Nebraska. Haxton is the seventh generation to be raised on a cattle ranch.
He and his family are premier Hereford and Angus Breeders and respect the value of family, just as we do. He is actively involved in both the Hereford and Charolais Junior Associations as well as 4-H. Haxton has worked hard at pursuing his dream of becoming a bagpiper since preschool. This past year he is finally able and willing to present his gift to the world as the bagpipes are one of the hardest instruments to learn.
The Hoffman family is proud of the dedication and commitment Haxton has put into following his passion are truly honored that the Kansas Angus Association has provided Haxton an opportunity to play the instrument that he loves.
George Grant Villa, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The Villa is a private residence but is available to view from the outside, drive thru the property, stop and take photos. Walk the ground that George Grant and the first Angus in the US walked 150 years ago. Current owners are Ron & Susan (Baier) Legleiter. Location: 2680 Grants Villa Rd, Victoria, KS.
The Villa is a private residence but is available to view from the outside, drive thru the property, stop and take photos. Walk the ground that George Grant and the first Angus in the US walked 150 years ago. Current owners are Ron & Susan (Baier) Legleiter. Location: 2680 Grants Villa Rd, Victoria, KS.
A Brief History- 1st Angus arrive in the US & KS
Victoria, Kansas
In 1871, thousands of acres of vast prairie land near Hays, Kansas were purchased from the Kansas and Pacific Railroad by George Grant, a far-sighted native of Banffshire . Grant’s goal was to start a colony of Britishers in in settlement he named Victoria and most of all he began plans to import the first Angus bulls from their native Scotland to the United States.
First Angus Arrive in the US
In early April of 1873 the steamship Alabama left Glasgow laden with the first settlers of Victoria, supplies, sheep, horses AND four Angus bulls .The steamship along with its cargo first landed in New Orleans, the Angus bulls were loaded onto a barge for their journey up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. The bulls made the final leg of the journey aboard a train arriving in Victoria, Kansas on May 17, 1873.
These four Angus bulls, probably from the herd of George Brown of Westertown, Fochabers, Scotland, first crossed with native Longhorn cattle made a lasting impression on the U.S. cattle industry.
In the fall of 1873 ,two of the George Grant bulls were exhibited at the Kansas City (Missouri) Livestock Exposition, some considered them "freaks" because of their polled heads and solid black color.
Grant, a forward thinker, crossed the bulls with native Texas longhorn cows, producing many hornless black calves that survived well on the winter range. The Angus crosses wintered better and weighed more the next spring, the first demonstration of the breed's value in their new homeland.
The first herds of Angus beef cattle in America were built by purchasing stock directly from Scotland. Twelve hundred cattle alone were imported, mostly to the Midwest, in a period of explosive growth between 1878 and 1883. Over the next quarter of a century these early owners, in turn, helped start other herds by breeding, showing, and selling their registered stock.
_information adapted from A History of the Angus Breed, American Angus Association ©1973.
Victoria, Kansas
In 1871, thousands of acres of vast prairie land near Hays, Kansas were purchased from the Kansas and Pacific Railroad by George Grant, a far-sighted native of Banffshire . Grant’s goal was to start a colony of Britishers in in settlement he named Victoria and most of all he began plans to import the first Angus bulls from their native Scotland to the United States.
First Angus Arrive in the US
In early April of 1873 the steamship Alabama left Glasgow laden with the first settlers of Victoria, supplies, sheep, horses AND four Angus bulls .The steamship along with its cargo first landed in New Orleans, the Angus bulls were loaded onto a barge for their journey up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. The bulls made the final leg of the journey aboard a train arriving in Victoria, Kansas on May 17, 1873.
These four Angus bulls, probably from the herd of George Brown of Westertown, Fochabers, Scotland, first crossed with native Longhorn cattle made a lasting impression on the U.S. cattle industry.
In the fall of 1873 ,two of the George Grant bulls were exhibited at the Kansas City (Missouri) Livestock Exposition, some considered them "freaks" because of their polled heads and solid black color.
Grant, a forward thinker, crossed the bulls with native Texas longhorn cows, producing many hornless black calves that survived well on the winter range. The Angus crosses wintered better and weighed more the next spring, the first demonstration of the breed's value in their new homeland.
The first herds of Angus beef cattle in America were built by purchasing stock directly from Scotland. Twelve hundred cattle alone were imported, mostly to the Midwest, in a period of explosive growth between 1878 and 1883. Over the next quarter of a century these early owners, in turn, helped start other herds by breeding, showing, and selling their registered stock.
_information adapted from A History of the Angus Breed, American Angus Association ©1973.
