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Minnesota

Some Highlights

Minnesota History

�� French fur traders came to Minnesota by way of the Great Lakes in about 1658.� Little was known of this region until Jesuit Missionaries� came in� 1680.� Father Hennepin traveled up the Mississippi River in that year and discovered the Falls of St. Anthony, which he named.� This is present day Minneapolis.� The French claimed the land east of the Mississippi River but gave it to England in 1763.� In 1763 the United States acquired part of this land and the remainder of the future state was acquired as a part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.� Zebulon Pike traced the source of the Mississippi River to the� to� Cass Lake and Henry Schoolcraft traced the great Mississipi to its source in 1832� to Lake Itasca.�

� The first settlement was made in 1819 at Fort Saint Anthony which is now called Fort Snelling which was renamed in 1824.� The eastern Minnesota became a part of the Northwest Territory, set up by Congress in 1787.� Minnesota then became a part of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and finally Wisconsin territories.� Western Minnesota was acquired in 1803 which was a part of the Louisiana� then Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa Territories.� In� 1849 the two sections combined to form the Minnesota Territory.� Minnesota became the 32nd state in the year 1858

�� During the Civil War, the Souix Indians started a war of their own.� Almost suceeded in driving out all white people out of Southern Minnesota.� 500 white settlers died in the Sioux War and damaged range into the millions of dollars.� The war ended with the defeat of the Indians at Wood Lake in 1862.

Minnesota State Flag

State Flower is the Ladyslipper

State Bird is the Loon

Minnesota Genealogy Links

American Indian Studies-Minnesota

Family Tree Maker

MN Historical Society

Roots Web-Minnesota Gen Web Project

Minnesota Genealogy Society

Linneages Genealogy Site

Probate Records-Minnesota

Everton's Genealogy Helper-MN

LDS Search Site

Minnesota Genealogy Forum

Sources for Minnesota Genealogy

Local Catholic Church and Ancestors

Society Hill

Minnesota

County Projects Online

Wantonwan County

Lake of the Woods County

Yellow Medicine County

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Hail Minnesota

Minnesota, hail to thee!
Hail to thee, our state so dear,
Thy light shall never be
A beacon bright and clear.
Thy son and daughters true
Will proclaim thee near and far,
They shall guard thy fame and adore thy name,
Thou shalt be their Northern Star.

Like the stream that bends to sea,
Like the pine that seeks the blue;
Minnesota, still for thee
Thy sons are strong and true,
From the woods and waters fair;
From prairies waving far,
At thy call they throng with their shout and sang; Haling thee their Northern Star

Updated July 1, 2002