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The History Of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

The History Of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

by Charles E. Flandrau

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Author
Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903
Title
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier
Credits
Produced by K Nordquist, Sigal Alon, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
Subject
Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota
Category
Text
eBook-No.
25677
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25677
Release Date
June 2, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA AND TALES OF THE FRONTIER
  2. 2.Dedication.
  3. 3.AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.CONTENTS. — HISTORY.
  5. 5.HISTORY OF MINNESOTA. BY JUDGE CHARLES E. FLANDRAU.
  6. 6.LEGENDARY AND ABORIGINAL ERA.
  7. 7.FORT SNELLING.
  8. 8.THE SELKIRK SETTLEMENT.
  9. 9.GEORGE CATLIN.
  10. 10.FEATHERSTONEHAUGH.
  11. 11.SCHOOLCRAFT AND THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
  12. 12.ELEVATIONS IN MINNESOTA.
  13. 13.NICOLLET.
  14. 14.MISSIONS.
  15. 15.THE INDIANS.
  16. 16.TERRITORIAL PERIOD.
  17. 17.EDUCATION.
  18. 18.THE FIRST TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT
  19. 19.COURTS
  20. 20.FIRST TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.
  21. 21.IMMIGRATION.
  22. 22.THE PANIC OF 1857.
  23. 23.LAND TITLES.
  24. 24.THE FIRST NEWSPAPER.
  25. 25.BANKS.
  26. 26.THE FUR TRADE.
  27. 27.PEMMICAN.
  28. 28.TRANSPORTATION AND EXPRESS.
  29. 29.LUMBER.
  30. 30.RELIGION. — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.RAILROADS.
  32. 32.THE FIRST RAILROAD ACTUALLY BUILT.
  33. 33.THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE.
  34. 34.THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
  35. 35.ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE CAPITAL.
  36. 36.CENSUS.
  37. 37.GRASSHOPPERS.
  38. 38.MILITIA.
  39. 39.THE WRIGHT COUNTRY WAR.
  40. 40.THE CIVIL WAR.
  41. 41.THE THIRD REGIMENT.
  42. 42.THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862 AND FOLLOWING YEARS.
  43. 43.THE ATTACK ON FORT RIDGELY.
  44. 44.BATTLE OF NEW ULM.
  45. 45.BATTLE OF BIRCH COULIE.
  46. 46.OCCURRENCES IN MEEKER COUNTY AND VICINITY.
  47. 47.PROTECTION OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.
  48. 48.COLONEL SIBLEY MOVES UPON THE ENEMY,
  49. 49.THE BATTLE OF WOOD LAKE.
  50. 50.FORT ABERCROMBIE.
  51. 51.CAMP RELEASE.
  52. 52.TRIAL OF THE INDIANS.
  53. 53.EXECUTION OF THE THIRTY-EIGHT CONDEMNED INDIANS.
  54. 54.THE CAMPAIGN OF 1863.
  55. 55.BATTLE OF BIG MOUND.
  56. 56.BATTLE OF DEAD BUFFALO LAKE.
  57. 57.BATTLE OF STONY LAKE.
  58. 58.CAMPAIGN OF 1864.
  59. 59.A LONG PERIOD OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
  60. 60.INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW PROCESS OF MILLING WHEAT.
  61. 61.THE DISCOVERY OF IRON.
  62. 62.COMMERCE THROUGH THE ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL.
  63. 63.AGRICULTURE.
  64. 64.DAIRYING.
  65. 65.THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND ITS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE.
  66. 66.THE MINNESOTA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
  67. 67.THE MINNESOTA SOLDIERS' HOME.
  68. 68.OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS.
  69. 69.MINNESOTA INSTITUTES FOR DEFECTIVES.
  70. 70.STATE SCHOOL FOR DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
  71. 71.THE MINNESOTA STATE TRAINING SCHOOL.
  72. 72.MINNESOTA STATE REFORMATORY.
  73. 73.THE MINNESOTA STATE PRISON.
  74. 74.THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
  75. 75.STATE INSTITUTIONS MISCELLANEOUS IN THEIR CHARACTER.
  76. 76.STATE FINANCES.
  77. 77.THE MONETARY AND BUSINESS FLURRY OF 1873 AND PANIC OF 1893.
  78. 78.MINOR HAPPENINGS.
  79. 79.THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
  80. 80.THE INDIAN BATTLE OF LEECH LAKE.
  81. 81.POPULATION.
  82. 82.THE STATE FLAG.
  83. 83.THE OFFICIAL FLOWER OF THE STATE, AND THE METHOD OF ITS SELECTION.
  84. 84.ORIGIN OF THE NAME "GOPHER STATE."
  85. 85.STATE PARKS. — ITASCA STATE PARK. — INTERSTATE PARK—THE DALLES OF THE ST. CROIX.
  86. 86.POLITICS.
  87. 87.BIBLIOGRAPHY. — BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED RELATING TO MINNESOTA. — Finis.
  88. 88.TALES OF THE FRONTIER. — FRONTIER TALES.
  89. 89.HUNTING WOLVES IN BED.
  90. 90.THE POISONED WHISKY.
  91. 91.FUN IN A BLIZZARD.
  92. 92.LAW AND LATIN.
  93. 93.INDIAN STRATEGY.
  94. 94.THE FIRST STATE ELECTION RETURNS FROM PEMBINA.
  95. 95.A FRONTIER STORY WHICH CONTAINS A ROBBERY, TWO DESERTIONS, A CAPTURE AND A SUICIDE.
  96. 96.THE PONY EXPRESS.
  97. 97.KISSING DAY.
  98. 98.A POLITICAL RUSE.
  99. 99.THE HARDSHIPS OF EARLY LAW PRACTICE.
  100. 100.TEMPERANCE AT TRAVERSE.
  101. 101.WIN-NE-MUC-CA'S GOLD MINE.
  102. 102.A UNIQUE POLITICAL CAREER.
  103. 103.LA CROSSE.
  104. 104.MAKING A POSTOFFICE.
  105. 105.THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION.
  106. 106.HOW THE CAPITAL WAS SAVED.
  107. 107.AN EDITOR INCOG.
  108. 108.THE INK-PA-DU-TA WAR.
  109. 109.MUSCULAR LEGISLATION.
  110. 110.THE VIRGIN FEAST.
  111. 111.THE ABORIGINAL WAR CORRESPONDENT.
  112. 112.BRED IN THE BONE.
  113. 113.AN ACCOMPLISHED RASCAL.
  114. 114.AN ADVOCATE'S OPINION OF HIS OWN ELOQUENCE IS NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE.
  115. 115.A MOMENTOUS MEETING.
  116. 116.A PRIMITIVE JUSTICE.

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