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George Augustus Brackett

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George Augustus Brackett

Birth
Calais, Washington County, Maine, USA
Death
17 May 1921 (aged 84)
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Section 6, Lot 260, Grave 17
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Political figure. Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1873 to 1874. He moved to Minnesota from Maine in the 1850s and founded Northern Pacific Railroad in 1869. He also founded the Minneapolis Free Dispensary, which later became the University of Minnesota Medical School. He was elected Minneapolis mayor in 1873. Brackett built an estate on the Lake Minnetonka peninsula now known as Brackett's Point.
Political figure. Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1873 to 1874. He moved to Minnesota from Maine in the 1850s and founded Northern Pacific Railroad in 1869. He also founded the Minneapolis Free Dispensary, which later became the University of Minnesota Medical School. He was elected Minneapolis mayor in 1873. Brackett built an estate on the Lake Minnetonka peninsula now known as Brackett's Point.

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