Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Alvord i te 11 o Poutu-te-rangi, 1844, ki Greenfield, Massachusetts. I mahi ia hei Ahorangi mo te Ahuwhenua o te Whare Wananga Ahuwhenua o Massachusetts mai i te 1886 ki te 1887, me te perehitini tuarua o Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College mai i te 1894 ki te 1895. I hiahia ia ki te umanga kararehe o te hauauru e puta mai ana i a ia e mahi ana hei rangatira hoia hoia i te ope taua o te United States, ana i muri mai ka tohe a Alvord mo te paahitanga o te Ture Hatch o 1887 me te Ture Morrill o 1890, i awhina i te whakatu i nga teihana whakamatautau ahuwhenua. I mate ia i te Oketopa 1, 1904 i St. Louis, Missouri i a ia e haere ana ki te
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