Bio of TRICKETT, William P., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 820
W. P. TRICKETT (William P. Trickett)
For the last dozen years W. P. Trickett has been manager for the Minneapolis
Traffic Association, coming to this city from Kansas City, where he had been
con­nected with traffic work for the previous twenty years. Born in
Pennsylvania, he was taken to Kansas City by his parents, Edward and Mary
(Montgomery) Trickett, when he was but a few months old, and it was in that city
that he spent his youth and grew to manhood. The fascination of the railroad
train that holds most children spell­bound in their earlier years proved to be
more than a childish fancy with him, and having fully resolved upon the career
of a locomotive engineer, he ran away from school at the age of thirteen to
carry out his plans. His father wished him to become a mechanical engineer, but
although the youthful adventurer did consent to complete his education by
private instruction under a tutor, he still clung to his boyhood dream of the
railroad and grasped the first opportunity to become connected with that
industry
In 1887 he accepted a position with the Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, leaving
four years later to become chief clerk of the Kansas City Transportation Bureau.
From 1892 to 1896 he was general passenger agent for the Mississippi River
Navigation Com­pany and in 1897 he became commissioner. While he was in Kansas
City, Mr. Trickett compiled and published "The History of the Kansas City
Railways, Their Inception and Their Development," which is not only an account
of the growth of the railroads in the southwest but also an able presentation of
transportation problems and the way they were solved in this region. Coming to
Minneapolis on October 1, 1909, as manager for the Minneapolis Traffic
Association, he has earned a wide reputation in the North­west for his skill in
solving traffic problems and securing the prompt and safe delivery of an
increasingly large amount of freight. It is no exaggeration to say that one of
the most important factors in the remarkable industrial development of this city
in recent years is the facility with which raw materials are obtained and the
manu­factured products distributed to the consumers, and to Mr. Trickett much
credit is due for maintaining this happy state of affairs in Minneapolis
transportation circles. He also made the first map of the Northwest Terminal in
this city, displaying a far-sighted vision of the future needs of this traffic
center.
Mr. Trickett married Miss Lillian M. Miller. They are the parents of a daughter,
Bernice, who is now the wife of Weldon C. Larrabee. Outside of his home and
busi­ness circles Mr. Trickett's social life is centered in the Minneapolis and
Minneapolis Athletic Clubs, where, in the years he has lived in this city, he
has made many warm friends.