Louis Werthheimer Biography


	This biography appears on page 757 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				LOUIS WERTHHEIMER. 

	Louis Werthheimer is manager for and partner in the firm of M. J. 
Werthheimer & Brother, dry-goods merchants at Deadwood. He was born in 
Heilbronn, Germany, on the 26th of November, 1859, a son of Jonathan 
and Sarah (Marks) Werthheimer. His education was acquired in the 
grammar schools of his home city and he remained under the parental 
roof until he reached the age of sixteen years, when he bade adieu to 
friends and fatherland and sailed for America in 1876. He spent a year 
in New York city, doing any work that offered, and in 1877 he sought 
the opportunities of the western frontier, making his way to Deadwood, 
Dakota territory, in company with his brother, M. J. Werthheimer, in 
whose employ he remained for a time. In January, 1887, he was admitted 
to an interest in the business and now has the entire management of the 
Deadwood store, which contains a large and carefully selected stock of 
dry goods. The display is attractive and the stock represents the 
output of leading manufactories of the country. The business policy of 
the house is thoroughly reliable and a spirit of enterprise and 
progress actuates Mr. Werthheimer in his management of this concern He 
also has business interests in Idaho and is likewise financially 
connected with the local banks. 

	Mr. Werthheimer votes independently yet cooperates in many 
measures and movements that relate to the city's welfare and 
upbuilding. He belongs to the Commercial Club and is regarded as one of 
the city's leading merchants and prominent residents. He may well be 
called a self-made man, for he has been both the architect and the 
builder of his own fortunes. He has never had occasion to regret his 
determination to come to the new world, for in this country he found 
the business opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has 
made steady progress toward the coal of success.