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Title: How Donald Trump's tax-dodging migrant grandpa went from cutting hair to building an empire of brothels where customers could pay in gold dust or nuggets
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... ers-pay-gold-dust-nuggets.html
Published: Mar 6, 2016
Author: Mia DeGraaf
Post Date: 2016-03-06 12:43:15 by cranky
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Views: 1933
Comments: 16
Vowing to turn away immigrants and run America like his own glittering business empire, Donald Trump has become the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. But he has been less vocal about the root of his success: a chain of seedy brothels and restaurants setup by his immigrant grandfather Friedrich Drumpf. Born in Germany, Friedrich took a boat to New York City at the age of 16 in 1885 to join his older sister and find work. The move sent him on a wild journey across America into the brothel industry of the Wild West, making him a fortune - and allowing him to dodge army service and taxes back home in Germany. In fact, he even tried to return home to Kallstadt to marry his neighbor sweetheart and settle down with his wealth, according to German history books. But he was refused repatriation and was forced back to New York to start a family - and ultimately raise a likely contender for the presidency. Friedrich Drumpf made his wealth from a chain of seedy brothels and restaurants in the lawless Wild West during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. His businesses ultimately led to the fortune that made Donald Trump Straight off the boat he met a German-speaking barber who took him on as an apprentice, toiling away for six hapless years while he lived in a tiny box apartment. At the turn of the decade, however, he heard news of the Klondike gold rush set to hit the North West and Canada. The shrewd 22-year-old changed his name to a more catchy 'Fred Trump' and headed to Seattle, Washington, in 1891. He launched a saloon-cum-brothel called The Poodle Dog in the bustling district of opium parlors and liquor stores, where he got a flavor for the industry. After a few years, Trump shifted his business up a few miles to the mining town of Monte Cristo to be closer to the workers - who showed their gratitude in cash, and plenty of it. By the time the gold rush hit, he was ready. Trump followed the miners up towards with a friend, Ernest Levin. Together, they started their business in a tent on the perilous and lawless route that all travelers had to take to reach the mine: White Pass, which was also known as the 'Dead Horse Trail'. A narrow, steep, overcrowded dirt track, it was incredibly difficult for horses to navigate. Around 3,000 horses died from starvation, injuries, getting stuck in mud, or falling over cliffs, according to the University of Washington's Klondike Gold Rush resource page. Putting the heaps of dead animals to use, and offering some respite for the exhausted travelers, Trump and Levin cooked horse meat for passing businessmen as they came to survey the mines. Eventually, they moved the business to a two-story building in Bennett Town and named it New Arctic Restaurant and Hotel. With round-the-clock food, liquor and even women for their clientele, it was a raging success. 'Customers depended on him for food, liquor and women,' Gwenda Blair, the Trumps' biographer, writes - describing Friedrich as 'hard living and hard drinking'. 'In the larder was salmon and an extraordinary variety of meats, including duck, ptarmigan, grouse, goose, and swan, as well as caribou, moose, goat, sheep, rabbit, and squirrel,' Blair writes in her book The Trumps. 'Incredibly, the New Arctic served fresh fruit: red currants, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, even cranberries. 'A small oasis of luxury, the Arctic’s menu was a vast improvement over what the two restaurateurs had been able to offer on the trail.' He was born in the sleepy German village of Kallstadt. Today, it has a population of just 1,200 people and the local dish is stuffed pork belly. Local history books say he tried to return aged 32 but was turned away Now, Friedrich Drumpf's grandson Donald in the maverick kingpin of the Trump empire (Pictured: Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City) A local, however, described the business as 'depraved' in a letter to the Yukon Sun newspaper and advised 'respectable women travelling alone' to avoid it. 'For single men the Arctic has excellent accommodations as well as the best restaurant in Bennett, but I would not advise respectable women to go there to sleep as they are liable to hear that which would be repugnant to their feelings – and uttered, too, by the depraved of their own sex,' the letter read. By 1897, a railroad now linked Skagway and Whitehorse and their Bennett Town location was no longer a thoroughfare, so Trump rebuilt the New Arctic on Whitehorse's Front Street. According to Canadian magazine Up Here, the premises were open around the clock, serving as many as 3,000 meals a day to the loose-moralled men and women cavorting in its bars and bedrooms. But trouble was brewing for Trump as Levin, partial to his booze, began running debts up around the town. After just over three years in the north, Trump, again ahead of the curve, cashed in and shipped out, as stampeders fled the area in droves. After the Arctic's success, Trump left as a respectable businessman with a enough cash to travel back to Germany. This is an advert for Fred Trump's restaurant-cum-brothel near the mines in Bennett, Canada By the time he died in Queens at the age of 49, during a Spanish flu epidemic, Fred Sr had built up a fortune worth $31,642.54 - worth around $542,000 today - according to his will, which was published by Ancestry.com According to Gwenda Blair, Trump married his neighbor Elizabeth Christ and planned to settle with her in Kallstadt with their newfound fortune. However, having dodged conscription and years of taxes, he was refused repatriation. The local history books record how Bavaria, the rulers of the town at the time, would not let him settle back in the town because he had forfeited citizenship by emigrating. And so the newlyweds returned to New York City. In 1905, his son Fred Jr, Donald's father, was born. By the time he died in Queens at the age of 49, during a Spanish flu epidemic, Fred Sr had built up a fortune worth $31,642.54 - worth around $542,000 today - according to his will, which was published by Ancestry.com. He left his small fortune to his wife Elizabeth, who used it to go into business with her eldest son Fred Jr, who was just 15 at the time. The pair created the Trump empire, which is now headed by Fred Jr's maverick, entrepreneurial son, Donald. 
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
A real character from that era. This was how America was built! The Trumps have been a part of it since the brawling days of the Gold Rush. Pretty cool stuff.
A man that died 30 years before the current Donald Trump was born, raised him? Influenced him? Running a whorehouse, bar and restaurant is an honest living, as opposed to being a politician. The way I look at it is, becoming a pol, is step down from curator of a mans pleasure palace.
A true piece of Americana, if the article is accurate. Not a bad family tree. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Several steps down, imho. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
All very interesting,but Donald Trump is not responsible for anything his grandfather or his father did.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
And one of his great-great grandfathers frequently failed to lift the lid.
Very true. And there have been studies that indicate American dynasties last, in general, three generations or so. The founding generation, the first son that grows the business and the grandson that blows it all. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
That would be The Donald. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
The pair created the Trump empire, which is now headed by Fred Jr's maverick, entrepreneurial son, Donald. Grandfather Freidrich ran whorehouses, among other things. Father Fred Jr. rented low cost housing outside of New York, NY. Long before the death of Fred Jr., his wealth was greatly exceeded by that of his son, Donald. Forbes valued Donald's net worth as $1.5B in 1989. Donald slid off the billionaire list in 1990 and reentered in 1997. Fred Jr. died in 1999, after Donald was already a billionaire. The Trump name was not a brand, much less a dynasty, as whorehouses, or as Elizabeth Trump & Son. Donald Trump was the first head of Trump Industries, made it a leader in New York, NY, and made Trump an internationally known brand name. Donald Trump started out advantaged. He is now a multi-billionaire.
He sounds like a real interesting guy. A real American.
Yep.
He spent most of the Nineties fleeing creditors. His net worth was well under water by his own admission. Long time no see, nolu.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton was stealing money at Whitewater, and violating the securities law in futures trading. Trump has led many successful businesses and had some failures. The Clintons have been thoroughly corrupt in everything. Put head to head, the Clintons stick worse of criminality than Trump does. Cruz has never done anything but government, and he hasn't succeeded there in doing anything but getting himself elected. The Presidential choices are Trump or Clinton, and Clinton is much more of a scumbag criminal than Trump, and Trump is competent, Hillary isn't. EVEN IF Cruz manages to eke out the nomination - which he won't, but if he does - most people hate him and he's going nowhere in the general election. So, nominate Cruz and elect Hillary. Head to head in a mudslinging contest with Hillary, Trump wins. What's more, scream racist enough at Trump, and the racists will come out and vote for him, which will counterbalance all of the black racists who will certainly come out to vote for Hillary. Politics this year is a knife fight in the gutter. Trump will win that fight. Hillary's a bully. Trump's a bigger, more competent bully.
Trump has always reminded me of F. Donald Coster (born Philip Mariano Fausto Musica). He was an interesting guy too and even though he was born in Italy he always seemed thoroughly Americanized to me. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
If our standard for a nominee is no better than a sleazy Xlinton, we've already lost.
The standard for the nominee is to get the requisite number of votes at the convention. That will be Trump. You despise him, so you'll be sitting out this election, as you have so many others. I despised Romney and the Republican Establishment with the same depth of hatred and venom that you despise Trump, or maybe much deeper, even. Seeing Romney's grinning rictus of a skull there last Friday made me want to put my fist through the computer screen. But Romney isn't going to be winning anything. Trump is, and I like Trump a lot. Most of all, I agree with Trump on foreign policy, which is the key to everything else. And I like Trump's style. Hillary Clinton is a bully. Trump is a bigger bully. He's going to beat her ass, expand the party (to include folks like me again), win the election, and be a great president. Ted Cruz may well be his Vice President and then, after Trump has gutted the opposition and torn down the Establishment, prosecuted Hillary - cleaned out the Augean Stables - then the ground will be fertile for President Cruz to succeed him and build on the ground that Trump has cleared. Before you rebuild the country, you've got to conquer it first.
#2. To: cranky (#0)
#3. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
This was how America was built!
#4. To: jeremiad (#2)
The way I look at it is, becoming a pol, is step down from curator of a mans pleasure palace.
#5. To: cranky (#0)
#6. To: cranky (#0)
#7. To: sneakypete (#5)
All very interesting,but Donald Trump is not responsible for anything his grandfather or his father did.
#8. To: cranky (#7)
the grandson that blows it all
#9. To: cranky (#0)
He left his small fortune to his wife Elizabeth, who used it to go into business with her eldest son Fred Jr, who was just 15 at the time.
#10. To: Vicomte13, cranky (#1)
A real character from that era. This was how America was built!
#11. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#12. To: nolu chan (#9)
Donald slid off the billionaire list in 1990 and reentered in 1997.
#13. To: TooConservative (#12)
He spent most of the Nineties fleeing creditors. His net worth was well under water by his own admission.
#14. To: A K A Stone (#10)
He sounds like a real interesting guy. A real American.
#15. To: Vicomte13 (#13)
(Edited)
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton was stealing money at Whitewater, and violating the securities law in futures trading.
TrusTed 2016
Why settle for the lesser weavil?
#16. To: TooConservative (#15)
If our standard for a nominee is no better than a sleazy Xlinton, we've already lost.
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