. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. was the organizer and one of the principalstockholders of the Washington Market company whicherected and owns the mac^nificent Center market in thatcity—the largest and best appointed retail market in theworld. He still retains his connection with this company,ot which he has long been president, and has his winterresidence in Washington though returning to New Hamp-shire at the close of the Forty-ninth congress in thespring of 1875, when he was elected a representative tothe state legislature from Warner, being the first Repub-lican se
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. was the organizer and one of the principalstockholders of the Washington Market company whicherected and owns the mac^nificent Center market in thatcity—the largest and best appointed retail market in theworld. He still retains his connection with this company,ot which he has long been president, and has his winterresidence in Washington though returning to New Hamp-shire at the close of the Forty-ninth congress in thespring of 1875, when he was elected a representative tothe state legislature from Warner, being the first Repub-lican sent from that town. He was re-elected in 1876and 1877, was a delegate in the constitutional conventionof 1876, and a state senator from the Warner district in1879. H^ ^^^ ^ prominent figure in the legislature dur-ing his service, and was particularly identified with themovement in the interest of tax reform, effecting practi-cal results in that direction. In May, 1880, Colonel Ordway was appointed byPresident Hayes, governor of the territory of Dakota,. 170 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. from which two great states were subsequently erected,which office he held upwards of four years, during whichtime he was actively engaged, aside from the ordinarygovernmental affairs, in superintending the erection ofnearly all the important public buildings, including thestate house at Bismarck, and penitentiaries, asylums,universities, and normal schools, at different places. Mostof the counties were also organized during his administra-tion. He established the First National bank at Pierre,and subsequently the Capital National bank at Bismarck,and was the first president of each, having previoush hadexperience in the organization and management of theKearsarge National and Savings banks in Warner. Hislabors, public and private, while in Dakota, were soarduous, that his health was much impaired, and sincehis return he has been compelled to curtail his activitiesto a large extent, and close up i
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