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6 unusual facts about Norman Kittson


Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul

The site was formerly occupied by the deteriorating mansion of entrepreneur Norman Kittson.

East Kittson, Minnesota

East Kittson is an unorganized territory in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States, named after fur trader and railroad entrepreneur Norman Kittson.

Edmund Graves Meredith Cape

His maternal grandfather, William Kittson, was a stepson of Alexander Henry and brother of Norman Kittson.

Treaty of Old Crossing

Most of the indemnity fund wound up in the hands of Norman Kittson, who had pioneered steamship operations on the Red River as a means of handling a burgeoning trade with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Walhalla, North Dakota

In town is the Kittson Trading Post, established by Norman Kittson, an American Fur Company agent, in 1843.

Walter C. Rollins

Walter Rollins trained for prominent owners such as Norman Kittson, Pierre Lorillard IV, and the Oneck Stable of Harry K. Knapp and his brother, Dr. Gideon Lee Knapp.



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