Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Nehemiah Parker Clarke
CLARKE, NEHEMIAH PARKER (1836–1912), inducted by 1915
Considered one of the most successful breeders of Clydesdale horses and Shorthorn and Galloway cattle in his day, Nehemiah Clarke was born in Massachusetts but moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota, at age twenty. He began his career with hardware, mercantile, and lumber businesses, and eventually negotiated many government contracts in lumber and mail and freight. He amassed considerable wealth and used it to strengthen his Meadow Lawn Farm herds. Clark was president of the Clydesdale Association and the Minnesota Board of Agriculture.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 64