Title: A Lake Superior lawyer : a biography of Chester Adgate Congdon /
Authors: Hoover, Roy O.
Publisher: Superior Partners,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Congdon, Chester Adgate.; Lawyers United States Biography; Minnesota History.; Washington (State) History
Abstract: A Lake Superior Lawyer is the first in-depth biography of Chester A. Congdon, the resourceful lawyer and businessman who helped shape the economic and political history of Minnesota from 1880 until his death.
Contents: The world of Chester Adgate Congdon -- Congdon ancestry -- Syracuse University -- After graduation: an uncertain time -- St. Paul -- The venture on Grays Harbor -- Raymond -- The Mesabi: rivalry for ore -- Family -- Agricultural development in Yakima -- The western Mesabi -- The legislature of 1909: the tonnage tax -- The legislature of 1911: redistricting the state -- Bisbee -- Expansion at Ajo -- Pacific panorama -- National affairs.