Murdo MacKenzie
Murdo MacKenzie (April 24, 1850 – May 30, 1939) was twice (1891–1901 and 1922–1937) manager of the Scots-owned Matador Land and Cattle Company, and founding president of the American Stock Growers Association, for whom he testified before congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission. His testimony led to passage of the Hepburn Act of 1906 which eased railroad fares for western shippers.
President
Biography
MacKenzie was born near
He sailed to the United States in 1885 to accept an offer to manage the Prairie Land and Cattle Company in Trinidad, Colorado. After becoming a naturalized citizen, he was elected mayor of Trinidad in 1891, before accepting the directorship at Matador.
He died, aged 89, in 1939 in
The town of Murdo, South Dakota was named for Mackenzie.[1]
In 1981, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.[2]
In popular culture
MacKenzie appears as a character in the fictional
Notes
- ISBN 978-1135948597. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Hall of Great Westerners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
References
- Clarke, Mary Whatley, (June 1951) "Murdo Mackenzie", Cattleman.
- Douglas, C. L., (1939/1968) Cattle Kings of Texas Dallas: Baugh; reprinted Fort Worth: Branch-Smith.
- Hayter, Delmar J. Murdo MacKenzie from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Pearce, W. M. (1964) The Matador Land and Cattle Company. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Pearce, W. M. Matador Land & Cattle Company from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Blasingame, Ernest "Ike", (1958) "Dakota Cowboy: My Life in the Old Days". Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.