Peter P. Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Fourth mayor of the city of Minot, North Dakota
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Place of Birth: Dovre, Oppland, Norway
About Peter P. Lee
- Peter P.
- Lee (March 16, 1861 – May 31, 1937) was an American politician.
- Born in Dovre, Oppland, Norway, then a part of Sweden-Norway, in 1861, his family moved to Renville County, Minnesota in 1866.
- In 1887, Lee relocated to Minot, North Dakota.
- Lee became Vice President and Director of the Great Northern Bank in Minot.
- Lee also began operating a general store on Main Street.
- The building, which formerly served as a tavern, become known as the Lee Block.
- In 1906, Lee sold the store Julius Fauchauld.
- Fauchald, in turn, sold the building in 1912 to Woolworth's, which operated a store there until 1982.
- In 1896, Peter Lee became the fourth mayor of the city of Minot, serving one term.
- He died on May 31, 1937 in Bellingham, Washington.
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