Rio Seco. Rio Negro y San Julian
Prov. Santa Cruz, arrived from Scotland and settled at San Julián
In 1886-8, was one of five Scotsmen who drove several thousand sheep and horses from Necochea to Rio Gallegos, a journey of nearly two years.b. 1863 Scotland, son of Donald MACLEAN & Elizabeth FRASER; 1883 to Montevideo; to Río San Julián and Río Gallegos, Prov. Santa Cruz; brought sheep from Falkland Islands [Malvinas]; 1887 purchased plot in Punta Arenas; 1889 formed ranching company in Argentina with Meyrik[?] MacLean; 1889 ranching contract with Enrique Wagner; 1891 obtained temporary rights to farm 10,000 ha. in Chile; 1894 bought lands at Río del Zurdo, Prov. Santa Cruz, from Juan Hamilton and Adolfo Saunder; 1897 explored area around Lago Balmaceda, Última Esperanza; 1902 appointed honorary comisario ("sheriff") at Punta del Monte, Magallanes (near present-day Villa Tehuelches); c1905 4-month trek to Río Balmaceda; c1906 forced to abandon area after land-sale to SETF; c1908 living in Puerto Natales; 1910 provided use of family house for the first school; 1914 bought lands on Canal Lescano (o San Juan), Última Esperanza, producing lumber, cattle and sheep; d. 1940 Puerto Natales; m. 1894 Punta Arenas;