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	Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minnesota is the largest state by land area in the Midwestern United States and is in the sub-region known as the Upper Midwest.
		Minnesota Territory was carved out of Iowa Territory on March 3, 1849, but it was not coextensive with the present state, since the area included what later became the territory of Dakota (which later still became the states of North Dakota and South Dakota).
		Minnesota is the northernmost of the 48 contiguous states (Alaska reaches significantly farther north), reaching to 49° 23' 04" north latitude, due to a small piece of the state known as the Northwest Angle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minnesota (3156 words)

	Minnesota Secretary of State - Elections
		Henry Dodge, was territorial governor, delegate in Congress and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1836-57.
		Augustus Dodge was delegate to Congress for Iowa Territory, 1840-47 and U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1848-55.
		Named for Willian Pitt Murray, member of the territorial legislature 1852-55 and 1857; member of the constitutional convention; state representative, 1863 and 1868; state senator, 1866-67 and 1875-76; served seventeen years on the St. Paul City Council and was St. Paul City Attorney for thirteen years.
	www.sos.state.mn.us /student/coorigan.html (1900 words)

	Governor of Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch.
		Thirty-eight different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory.
		State governors are elected to office by popular vote, but territorial governors were appointed to the office by the United States president.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota (191 words)

	Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Minnesota, along with neighboring states North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, form a region called the "Upper Midwest," a subsection of the Midwestern United States.
		Joins the U.S. Minnesota was designated a territory on March 3, 1849, but that territory was not coextensive with the present state, since the territory included what later became the territory of Dakota, and later still became the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
		Minnesota is home to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), as well as a number of state and county parks, most notably Itasca State Park, the source of the Mississippi River.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/mi/Minnesota.htm (1698 words)

	People: Minnesota's Greatest Resource
		The Minnesota Territory took shape in 1849 and the land sale had attracted mostly land-hungry and adventure-hunting easterners from New York, Pennsylvania, and New England.
		The Minnesota Territory population grew so amazingly that by 1858 it practically tripled and the territory was able to gain its statehood.
		New cheap labor crowding on the heels of earlier comers kept the labor world in a state of motion which shifted hundreds of peasants to the middle class and, in part at least, explains the rapid rise of foreign-born men in industry, and of unskilled laborers into the merchant and professional classes.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/matbird/meltingpot.html (1007 words)

	Timeline
		Minnesota iron ore begins to be exported heralding the dawn of iron mining in Minnesota.
		Minnesota, the first state to volunteer, raises four regiments, one of which serves in the Philippines.
		Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey elected vice-president of the United States as the running-mate of president Lyndon Johnson.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html (2438 words)

	Organization of the Territory of Minnesota; Ch. 27; Floral Home 1857
		The struggle to obtain a seat was a severe one, and to his influence are we indebted for a territorial organization in March, 1849, with liberal appropriations for organizing and sustaining its government.
		The interests of the territory have been safely guarded, and he has done much to advance the superstructure to its present beauteous proportions, the foundations of which was laid by other hands.
		We are quite sure that no territory ever had so precocious an infancy, and are equally sure, that no executive officers have done more to produce so desirable a result, than have the first two governors of Minnesota.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/minn_1/minn_ch26.htm (702 words)

	The Exhibit
		In 1849 a huge area of the North American continent was established as Minnesota Territory.
		Nine years later, new boundaries were drawn and the territory became the state of Minnesota.
		In Tales of the Territory you will meet the people who were here in the 1850s--both the newcomers and those who already knew this place as home.
	www.mnhs.org /places/historycenter/exhibits/territory/exhibit (181 words)

	1847-1852
		The act establishing the Territory of Minnesota authorized the Surveyor General to run and mark the northern boundary of Iowa, a boundary that would later be used as a baseline for the surveys west of the Mississippi.
		Concern for this year were; the con-tinued inability to survey the boundary lines between Minnesota and Iowa and between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the difficulties of survey because of wet weather, the continued illegal logging operations, and the inspection of the work of the deputy surveyors in the field.
		The earliest surveys in Minnesota Territory, carried out under the direction of the Surveyor General of Wisconsin and Iowa, were restricted to the area between the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers that had been ceded in 1837.
	www.geog.umn.edu /faculty/squires/research/RealProp/survey/MNSurveyor/1847-1852.html (5440 words)

	Minnesota Guide
		Governor Henry Dodge of the Wisconsin Territory meets the Chippewa at Fort Snelling and obtains cession of all their pine lands on the St. Croix and its tributaries.
		Minnesota's exhibits at the Pan-American Exposidon identify her as the "Bread and Butter State".
		The fiftieth anniversary of Minnesota's admission to the Union is celebrated at State Fair, with an attendance of 326,753 for the week.
	newdeal.feri.org /guides/mn/chron.htm (2742 words)

	NARA - Publications - Special List 29: Minnesota
		Post Route Map of the State of Minnesota with Adjacent parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wisconsin, and of the British Possessions, showing post offices, with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st December, 1883.
		Post Route Map of the State of Minnesota with adjacent parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wisconsin, and of the British Possessions; Showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the lst of October, 1885.
		Post Route Map of the State of Minnesota, showing the post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1901.
	www.archives.gov /publications/finding-aids/maps/mn.html?template=print (1443 words)

	Making Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In this lively collection of essays, historians reassess the events and meaning of Minnesota Territory 150 years after its creation.
		It is being published to mark the 150th anniversary of the territory.
		To imagine what life was like in the Minnesota region before 1849 and appreciate the nature of the drastic changes that took place in the 1850s, it is necessary to dig through the deposits of interpretation left by territorial Minnesotans."
	www.state.mn.us /ebranch/mhs/market/mhspress/0209.html (425 words)

	Minnesota history State of Minnesota in the Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History State of ...
		The USS Minnesota was named in honor of this state.
		Minnesota was designated a territory on March 3, 1849, but that territory was not coextensive with the present state, since the territory included what later became the territory of Dakota, and later still became the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
		The eastern half of the territory of Minnesota became the present state of Minnesota -- the 32nd state -- on May 11th, 1858.
	lakewoodrepublicans.8m.com /minnesota.html (1538 words)

	Introduction to Minnesota - The United States of America
		It seems that there was some discussion in the middle of the 19th century, before Minnesota became a state, about whether to call Minnesota "The Gopher State" or "The Beaver State." Opponents of "The Gopher State" called the striped gopher an insignificant animal with a destructive nature.
		The second quarter to be released in 2005 commemorates the State of Minnesota, "Land of 10,000 Lakes." On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state admitted into the Union, and as such, it is the 32nd coin to be issued in the United States Mint's popular 50 State Quarters® Program.
		The natural beauty of Minnesota is vividly depicted on the reverse of this new quarter-dollar.
	www.netstate.com /states/intro/mn_intro.htm (891 words)

	Ramsey County Minnesota Genealogy
		The City of St. Paul was the capital of the Territory, and the only capital of the state, as well as the county seat for Ramsey County.
		Alexander Ramsey, for whom the county was named, was the first governor of the Minnesota Territory, and the second mayor of the city of St. Paul.
		Minnesota County Boundaries, Census and Other Records for the territorial boundaries and the current counties.
	www.parkbooks.com /MnGenWeb/ramsey.html (597 words)

	Map of Minnesota Territory, 1850 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This handy tool answered the questions of would-be settlers: how much land cost, how cold it got, what the towns were like, whether a farmer could grow good crops, what the natural resources were, how the government was organized, and whether a man could make good wages.
		First published in 1850, this 16-page guidebook and its full-color, faithfully reproduced, fold-out map give a snapshot in words and graphics of Minnesota Territory and its nine organized counties.
		The Minnesota Historical Society Press reprints this guidebook to mark the 150th anniversary of the creation of the territory.
	www.state.mn.us /ebranch/mhs/market/mhspress/0208.html (214 words)

	For Sale By Owner Minneapolis Minnesota Saint Paul MN Mpls Minn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Fur trading continues to be the main source of commerce in Minnesota through the early 19th century.
		1862 The Dakota Conflict sweeps across Minnesota with a series of attacks motivated by hungry Dakota enraged by the failure of land treaties and unfair fiscal practices of local traders.
		1884 Minnesota iron ore begins to be exported heralding the dawn of iron mining in Minnesota.
	www.buyself.com /minnesota-for-sale-by-owner.html (4774 words)

	1852-1857
		This is the second of two papers describing the survey of Minnesota while administered by the Surveyor General of Wisconsin and Iowa.
		The starting point of the boundary between Iowa and Minnesota was established late in 1849 but, although appropriations for running the line were made in 1851, it was not completed until 1852.
		He concludes his duties supervising the surveys in Minnesota Territory by writing, "I expect by the first of the ensuring month to transmit and turn over to his custody all documents pertaining to the public surveys in that part of the Territory east of the Mississippi and south of the fourth correction parallel" (p.
	www.geog.umn.edu /faculty/squires/research/RealProp/survey/MNSurveyor/1852-1857.html (4218 words)

	Minnesota
		The "Land of 10,000 Lakes," Minnesota got its nickname because there are more than 12,000 lakes throughout the state.
		Its name comes from the Dakota (Sioux) word for the Minnesota River's "sky-tinted waters." The Minnesota Territory was formed in 1849 from what had been part of the Northwest Territory, and Minnesota joined the Union in 1858.
		The state flower is the pink and white lady's slipper, and the capital is St. Paul.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/mn (80 words)

	MNHS.ORG \| Online Resources
		Minnesota Territory contains activities and stories about Minnesota in the years before it became a state.
		A sampling of events from Minnesota's past that together represent themes and eras to paint an overview of Minnesota history.
		More than 1,500 Minnesota listings, encompassing over 6,000 properties from all counties in the state, can be found on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the nation's official list of properties deemed worthy of preservation.
	www.mnhs.org /school/online/index.html (589 words)

	RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT and council of Minnesota territory, and joint rules of the council and house, adopted at a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT and council of Minnesota territory, and joint rules of the council and house, adopted at a session of the Legislature, commenced September 3, 1849.
		Of the 14 pieces of printing identified by Martin in her Checklist of Minnesota Imprints, 1849-1865, only two items (Martin 6 and 8), broadside proclamations by territorial governor Ramsey bear an earlier date on the title-p.
		Jerabek 66 (identifying this as the first publication of the territorial legislature).
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/rul/7441.shtml (272 words)

	History - Dakota County, Minnesota - MNGenWeb
		In June, 1834, the Back Hawk Purchase was made a part of Michigan Territory, and in September following, the Legislature of that Territory erected two counties west of the Mississippi - Dubuque and Des Moines - the dividing line being drawn westward from the foot of Rock Island, and these counties were partially organized.
		Territorially speaking, Fayette county was originally one of the largest counties ever organized.
		It included within its limits all of the present state of Minnesota west of the Mississippi river, extending on the north to the British dominions, and included all of the territory of the Dakotas east of the Missouri river, except a small tract in the southeast corner.
	www.tc.umn.edu /~bluhm002/Dakota/public_html/history.html (956 words)

	Dodge County Minnesota Historical
		Once a part of the Wisconsin Territory, Dodge County was established in 1855.
		Its' namesake Henry Dodge was then Governor of the Wisconsin Territory.
		Minnesota become territory in 1849 and a state in 1858.
	www.dodgecohistorical.addr.com (207 words)

	MVP - Mississippi Valley
		Established in the 1830's, Wabasha lays claim to being Minnesota's oldest community and is listed on the National Historic Register.
		In March of 1849 an act of Congress established the Minnesota Territory.
		The original boundary of Wabasha County was from just south of Stillwater, Minnesota extending west to the Missouri River with the southern boundary being the present-day Iowa border.
	www.mississippi-river.org /wabasha.html (809 words)

	MHS Territory Exhibit
		This Web site contains activities and stories about Minnesota in the years before it became a state.
		Discover the many kinds of people who lived in Minnesota.
		Experience Minnesota's remarkable weather through the words of Territory newcomers.
	www.mnhs.org /places/historycenter/exhibits/territory (190 words)

	A Selective List of Sources for Minnesota Genealogy
		Located at the Minnesota History Center are the Minnesota State Archives, a newspaper collection of approximately 5,000 Minnesota newspaper titles, an extensive manuscript collection, and more than 500,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, and government publications.
		The Minnesota Genealogical Society should also be contacted for help with Minnesota research.
		Microfilm of both Minnesota state and federal censuses can be found at the Minnesota Historical Society's microfilm room and the University of Minnesota's Government Publications Library.
	wilson.lib.umn.edu /reference/mn-gene.html (816 words)

	The 1849 Minnesota Territorial Census (Annotated)
		Among the first acts of the Territorial Legislature was authorization for a census.
		In honor of the sesquicentennial for Minnesota Territory, that census is given below, reprinted from the Minnesota Genealogical Journal.
		The original manuscripts are held in the State Archives at the Minnesota Historical Society, with multiple copies extant for some of the precincts.
	www.parkbooks.com /Html/res_18~1.html (259 words)

	SOLD-Mitchell 1854 Antique Railroad Map of the Minnesota Territory- Authentic Antique Map
		The 1850s began a period of relative calm between periods of brutal wars.
		The next decade would bring festering differences in both the United States to even more horrible battles in the 1860s (the Civil War in the U.S. and the Austro-Prussian War in Europe).
		In 1851, the Sioux Indians ceded a large portion of Minnesota to the United States.
	www.pastpresent.com /pastpresent/mi18anramapo4.html (642 words)

	NFL.com - NFL News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Minnesota 27, Jacksonville 16: Randy Moss' return from an injured hamstring makes the Vikings considerably stronger at the absolute right time.
		Yet for the second successive week, it was the defense that played a major role in closing a Minnesota victory.
		With the Jaguars trailing by four points in the final two minutes, the Vikings forced a Byron Leftwich fumble deep in Minnesota territory and returned it for the game-sealing touchdown.
	www.nfl.com /news/story/7939528 (825 words)

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