A HISTOKY (J1-' SlJ(JRTil(JKXS IN KAi\yAS 41. 



company to sell a lot of land and settle it. The 

 result of this project was the far-famed Vict(Hia 

 Colony, established in Ellis county on the border 

 line oj: civilization in 1872 and settled hy the ar- 

 istocracy of Great Britain. According to l^est 

 informati(ni, uieral_)ei\s of the colony were liigii 

 livers. Most of them were on remittances from 

 home sent by parents who hardly knew what else 

 to do with their sons. Grant himself is said to 

 have been fond of w<_)men and whiskey and to 

 liave l)een a poor sort of guardian for wealthy 

 gentry. ll(j\vever that may )x% no one can (|ues- 

 tion his nerve, for he Ijrought to this then desolate 

 country a l(.)t of high priced Shortliorns and 

 planted them auKjiig the most unfavorabh' con- 

 ditions. 



In November 1871 Mr. Grant iuTportcd from 

 England the roan six-mouth-old bull call' Loi'd 

 of the Manor; the white seven-month-old heifer 

 Fairy Verulam, and the red yearling heifer 

 Mobe 8th. Tn 1872 he imported the bull Goggles 

 17193 and later the nrdii cow Diin})les, purchased 

 from Queen A^ictoria's herd. In 1876 he resumed 

 importation having purchased from the Queen's 

 herd seven heifers and the bull E(jyal George 

 27797. The lot consisted of Cold Cream 10th and 

 Countess 2d, two years old, that prcxluced Imll 

 calves shortly after importation, named R(.>yal 

 Windsor and Manrico 2d; Rosa and Minette, 

 two years old ; and Roseleaf , Matilda and Peer- 



