Norman Kittson

Norman Wolfred Kittson (5 March 1814 – 10 May 1888) was variously a fur trader, steamboat-line operator, and railway entrepreneur. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... // Indian trade The fur trade (also called the Indian trade) was a huge part of the early history of contact in North America between European-Americans and American Indians (now often called Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada). ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Although born in Chambly, Quebec (then Lower Canada), Kittson had by 1830 apprenticed with the American Fur Company, and relocated first to Minnesota and then to the Dakota Territory of the United States. He established Pembina, North Dakota as a base of his increasingly independent fur-trading operations. Pembina was only approximately 100 km south of the Hudson's Bay Company-controlled Red River Settlement in Rupert's Land, and Kittson's operation was by the 1840s threatening the trade monopoly exerted by the HBC. He established strong connections to the local Métis population, and obtained many of his furs by trade with them. Kittson was instrumental in the end of the HBC monopoly in 1849, as it was with Kittson that trapper Guillaume Sayer was trading prior to his trial that effectively broke the monopoly. Chambly is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Valée-du-Richelieu. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Lower Canada was a British colony in North America, at the downstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in the southern portion of the modern-day province of Quebec. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The American Fur Company was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... Dakota Territory was the name of the northernmost part of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. ... Pembina (pronounced PEM in uh, with the stress on the first syllable) is a city located in Pembina County, North Dakota. ... Official language(s) English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Area  Ranked 19th  - Total 70,762 sq mi (183,272 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 340 miles (545 km)  - % water 2. ... km redirects here. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC. TSX: HBC) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... The Red River Colony was a colonization project set up by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1811 on 300 000 km² of land granted to him by the Hudsons Bay Company under what is referred to as the Selkirk Concession. ... Ruperts Land Ruperts Land was a territory consisting of much of modern Canada. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... In economics, a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium - Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. ... The Métis (pronounced MAY tee, IPA: , in French or , in Michif ) are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Pierre Guillaume Sayer (c. ...

In 1854, Kittson relocated from Pembina to St. Paul, where he established himself as a locally prominent businessman. From 1858 – 1859 he served as mayor. During this period, his business interests extended into the Red River Settlement, including a store in St. Boniface, now modern Winnipeg, Manitoba. Beginning in 1858, Kittson began organizing steamship service and Red River cart service between St. Paul and the Red River Settlement. 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A Red River Cart, normally pulled by Oxen with the Furloft and Store at Lower Fort Garry in background The Red River ox cart was a large, two-wheeled cart made entirely of wood (usually oak) and pulled by oxen. ...

By 1872, Kittson joined with former competitor James Jerome Hill to establish the Red River Transportation Company, which owned five steam-boats and exerted an effective monopoly on traffic on the Red River. In 1879, Kittson became a railway entrepreneur when he joined forces with Hill, HBC representative Donald Alexander Smith and banker George Stephen to purchase the financially troubled St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, which they reorganized into the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway. This railway established the first rail link between St. Boniface and St. Paul, and was financially successful — the sale of his shares in 1881 made Kittson a very wealthy man. These same three men later formed the nucleus of a syndicate established in 1880 that led to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Donald Alexander Smith (August 6, 1820-January 21, 1914) was a Scotch-Québécois fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician in Canada. ... George Stephen George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen (June 5, 1829 – November 29, 1921) was a Scots-Quebecker banker and railway executive in Canada. ... Look up share on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Common usage A syndicate is an association of people or companies. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...

Kittson died 10 May 1888 in a Dining car after ordering dinner while travelling on the Chicago and North Western Railway towards St. Paul. Kittson County in northwestern Minnesota is named for him. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ... Kittson County is a county located in the state of Minnesota. ...

References

• Minnesota Place Names - People Information. Accessed 2006-07-16

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online