Editing Murdo MacKenzie (section)

==Biography==
MacKenzie was born near [[Tain, Scotland|Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], [[Scotland]], where he attended parish school and graduated from the [[Tain Royal Academy]] in 1869. He served in a law office and in the British Linen Bank, then as factor for [[Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet|Sir Charles Ross]]'s estate at [[Balnagown Castle]]. He married Isabella Stronach MacBain in 1876 and fathered five children with her. Among these was his son, David G. (Dode) MacKenzie, who, in December 1909, was shot in LeBeau, South Dakota, while also working for Matador. 

He sailed to the United States in 1885 to accept an offer to manage the Prairie Land and Cattle Company in [[Trinidad, Colorado]]. After becoming a [[naturalized citizen]], he was elected mayor of Trinidad in 1891, before accepting the directorship at Matador.

He died, aged 89, in 1939 in [[Denver, Colorado]], where he is buried.

The town of [[Murdo, South Dakota]] was named for Mackenzie.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA993 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=993| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>

In 1981, he was inducted into the [[Hall of Great Westerners]] of the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>