Yetta Kohn (March 9, 1843 – April 24, 1917) was a German-American immigrant who came to New Mexico and became a businesswoman, rancher, and ferry operator.

[1][2] She came to the United States from Le Havre, France when she was 10, arriving in New York City on the ship William Tell in 1853.

[5] Kohn and her husband Samuel drove their covered wagon west during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush.

[3] After returning to Leavenworth, they ventured west about 1865 on the Santa Fe Trail to Las Vegas, New Mexico,[4] traveling by a team of oxen.

[4] In 1870, Kohn, the only woman not called a homemaker in the town on the federal census, was identified as a seamstress.

[3] The cattle grazed in the Arroyo de Las Alamosas of what is now San Miguel County, New Mexico.

[4][10] She also established the Red River Social Club that offered dining, dancing, reading, and singing.

Yetta lived in Las Vegas, Wichita, and New York and invested in real estate in New Mexico and Kansas.

[1][2] In 1916, Charles was married to Hannah Bonem and died of an abscessed tooth in Kansas City while on his honeymoon.

Grief-stricken by his brother's death, George died of heart failure three days later on February 3, 1916.

[12] Howard operated the family businesses and was a real estate investor after his brothers' and mother's death.