logo

Video encyclopedia

Norman Kittson

Biography

0:52

Mary-Anne Fahey - Biography

 

1:20

Urban Exploring Minnesota Kittsondale Sewer

 

1:32

Memorials | Gravestones | Monuments | Gravestones | Tombstones Shipped To Homewood Canyon, CA

 

0:59

(63)铁路资金主要来源 出售沿线发展地皮

 

1:32

Memorials | Headstones | Monuments | Headstones | Tombstones Shipped To Idlewild, CA

Norman Wolfred Kittson was one of early Minnesota's most prominent citizens. He was best known as first a fur trader, then a steamboat-line operator and finally a railway entrepreneur and owner of thoroughbred racehorses. He was part of the original syndicate that went on to create the Canadian Pacific Railway. Kittson County, Minnesota is named for him. Norman County, Minnesota also was named for him.
  • Personal 

  • Early years 

  • Fur trading 

  • St. Paul, Minnesota 

  • Steamboat operations 

  • Railway entrepreneur 

  • Thoroughbred racing 

  • Family