Alexander Toponce
American pioneer
Born on: November 10, 1839Died on: May 13, 1923
Aged: 83 years 184 days (1002 months)
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Alexander Toponce was an American pioneer in the Intermountain West region of the United States. His family immigrated to the United States from Belfort, France when he was seven and Alexander left home about three years later.
He worked as a laborer for several years, mostly in the logging and lumber business, before becoming a teamster, stagecoach driver and freight handler.
Toponce headed west when he was about fifteen years old, first to Missouri and then to the northern Intermountain West.
There, he ran freight and stagecoach outfits, owned livestock herds, sometimes tried his hand at mining, and invested in all manner of development projects.
He is credited with opening or improving many early freight and stage routes throughout the region. Later in life, he mostly invested in mining properties while holding interests in land development companies.
Over his lifetime, Toponce made and lost several fortunes, the result of bad weather, Indian raids, unpredictable prices and dishonest partners.
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