Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - Na fanau Alvord iā Mati 11, 1844 i Greenfield, i Massachusetts. Na avea o ia ma Polofesa o Faatoaga i le Massachusetts Agricultural College mai le 1886 i le 1887, faapea foi ma le peresitene lona lua o le Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College mai le 1894 i le 1895. Na amata ona fiafia o ia i le atinaʻeina o le alamanuia o povi i sisifo a o avea o se fitafita fitafita i le United States Army, ma mulimuli ane na faʻamalosia e Alvord le pasia o le Hatch Act o le 1887 ma le Morrill Act o le 1890, lea na fesoasoani i le faʻatuina o nofoaga faʻataʻitaʻi faʻatoʻaga. Na maliu o ia iā Oketopa 1, 1904 i St. Louis, Missouri a o auai i le World's Fair
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