Oliver Dalrymple

Oliver Dalrymple (1830–1908) was an American bonanza farmer[1][2] and land speculator[3] who grew very rich during his time in the 19th century. He was notable for his production of 600,000 bushels of wheat in one year,[4] with one of the largest farms in the United States.[5][6] Its size has been estimated at about 115 square miles,[7] and was opened in 1875.[8] Having died in 1908,[9] his farm was then passed down to his two sons, William Dalrymple and John Stewart Dalrymple.

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References
  1. "Wheat nipped in Minnesota". The Philadelphia Record. 29 August 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  2. "What the Louisiana Purchase has become". The Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph. 2 May 1903. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  3. "ENGLISH VIEW OF STEEL TRUST DECLINE IN AMERICA" (PDF). The New York Times. 8 November 1903. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  4. "WHEAT BEGINS TO POUR INTO DULUTH". Chicago Daily Tribune. 9 September 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2011. Mr Dalrymple will have about 600000 bushels.
  5. "Farm and Diary". Dubuque Herald. 22 January 1885. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  6. "Big Farms in Dakota". Chicago Tribune. 20 December 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2011. I suppose the biggest farm in the United States is the Dalrymple farm. which is located in the Red River Valley, and which belongs to Oliver Dalrymple. ... (quoted, not in editorial voice)
  7. Richard Nelson Current, ed. (2003). Knut Hamsun remembers America : essays and stories, 1885-1949. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8262-1456-0. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  8. Ambrose McNulty; Daniel S. B. Johnston; David Litchard Kiehle; Edwin Bell; George Clinton Tanner; George D. Rogers; George N. Lamphere; Henry Shields Fairchild; Joseph Woods Hancock; Judson Wade Bishop; Minnesota Historical Society; Thomas Hughes; Thomas Simpson; William Wirt Pendergast; Solon W. Manney (1905). Minnesota historical collections: Volume 10, Part 1 of Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. p. 21. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  9. "Obituary". The Atlanta Constitution. 5 September 1908. Retrieved 9 February 2011. Word was received in St Paul last night that Oliver Dalrymple who was known as the bonanza wheat farmer of North Dakota...
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