Bismarck boomer : the amazing career of Alexander McKenzie, 1964.

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Bismarck boomer : the amazing career of Alexander McKenzie, 1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508202

Draft of a biography of McKenzie (1850-1922), discussing his youth in Ontario and Minnesota, his arrival (1873) and subsequent business and political career in Bismarck, North Dakota, his influence as a leader of that state's Republican party, his role in the removal of the territorial capital from Yankton to Bismarck (1883), the growth and development of Bismarck, his relationships with Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores, his role in the elections of state officials and the passage of legislation, and his activities in Alaska during the gold rush (1899).

429 p. in 7 folders.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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