Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888)

He was one of early Minnesota's most prominent citizens. He was introduced to the fur trade by his father's celebrated stepfather, Alexander Henry "The Elder". He was best known as first a fur trader, then a steamboat-line operator and finally a railway entrepreneur and owner of thoroughbred racehorses at Erdenheim Farm. He was part of the original syndicate that went on to create the Canadian Pacific Railway. Both Kittson and Norman Counties in Minnesota are named for him.