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The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

by Charles E. Flandrau

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Author’s Introduction
  3. 3History of Minnesota. By Judge Charles E. Flandrau
  4. 4Legendary and Aboriginal Era
  5. 5Fort Snelling
  6. 6The Selkirk Settlement
  7. 7George Catlin
  8. 8Featherstonehaugh
  9. 9Schoolcraft and the Source of the Mississippi
  10. 10Elevations in Minnesota
  11. 11Nicollet
  12. 12Missions
  13. 13The Indians
  14. 14Territorial Period
  15. 15Education
  16. 16The First Territorial Government
  17. 17Courts
  18. 18First Territorial Legislature
  19. 19Immigration
  20. 20The Panic of 1857
  21. 21Land Titles
  22. 22The First Newspaper
  23. 23Banks
  24. 24The Fur Trade
  25. 25Pemmican
  26. 26Transportation and Express
  27. 27Lumber
  28. 28Religion
  29. 29Railroads
  30. 30The First Railroad Actually Built
  31. 31The Spirit Lake Massacre
  32. 32The Constitutional Convention
  33. 33Attempt to Remove the Capital
  34. 34Census
  35. 35Grasshoppers
  36. 36Militia
  37. 37The Wright Country War
  38. 38The Civil War
  39. 39The Third Regiment
  40. 40The Indian War of 1862 and Following Years
  41. 41The Attack on Fort Ridgely
  42. 42Battle of New Ulm
  43. 43Battle of Birch Coulie
  44. 44Occurrences in Meeker County and Vicinity
  45. 45Protection of the Southern Frontier
  46. 46Colonel Sibley Moves Upon the Enemy
  47. 47The Battle of Wood Lake
  48. 48Fort Abercrombie
  49. 49Camp Release
  50. 50Trial of the Indians
  51. 51Execution of the Thirty-Eight Condemned Indians
  52. 52The Campaign of 1863
  53. 53Battle of Big Mound
  54. 54Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake
  55. 55Battle of Stony Lake
  56. 56Campaign of 1864
  57. 57A Long Period of Peace and Prosperity
  58. 58Introduction of the New Process of Milling Wheat
  59. 59The Discovery of Iron
  60. 60Commerce Through the St. Mary’s Falls Canal
  61. 61Agriculture
  62. 62Dairying
  63. 63The University of Minnesota and Its School of Agriculture
  64. 64The Minnesota State Agricultural Society
  65. 65The Minnesota Soldiers’ Home
  66. 66Other State Institutions
  67. 67Minnesota Institutes for Defectives
  68. 68State School for Dependent and Neglected Children
  69. 69The Minnesota State Training School
  70. 70Minnesota State Reformatory
  71. 71The Minnesota State Prison
  72. 72The Minnesota Historical Society
  73. 73State Institutions Miscellaneous in Their Character
  74. 74State Finances
  75. 75The Monetary and Business Flurry of 1873 and Panic of 1893
  76. 76Minor Happenings
  77. 77The War With Spain
  78. 78The Indian Battle of Leech Lake
  79. 79Population
  80. 80The State Flag
  81. 81The Official Flower of the State, and the Method of Its Selection
  82. 82Origin of the Name “Gopher State”
  83. 83State Parks
  84. 84Politics
  85. 85Bibliography
  86. 86Tales of the Frontier
  87. 87Hunting Wolves in Bed
  88. 88The Poisoned Whisky
  89. 89Fun in a Blizzard
  90. 90Law and Latin
  91. 91Indian Strategy
  92. 92The First State Election Returns From Pembina
  93. 93A Frontier Story Which Contains a Robbery, Two Desertions, a Captur…
  94. 94The Pony Express
  95. 95Kissing Day
  96. 96A Political Ruse
  97. 97The Hardships of Early Law Practice
  98. 98Temperance at Traverse
  99. 99Win-Ne-Muc-Ca’s Gold Mine
  100. 100A Unique Political Career
  101. 101La Crosse
  102. 102Making a Postoffice
  103. 103The Courage of Conviction
  104. 104How the Capital Was Saved
  105. 105An Editor Incog
  106. 106The Ink-Pa-du-Ta War
  107. 107Muscular Legislation
  108. 108The Virgin Feast
  109. 109The Aboriginal War Correspondent
  110. 110Bred in the Bone
  111. 111An Accomplished Rascal
  112. 112An Advocate’s Opinion of His Own Eloquence Is Not Always Reliable
  113. 113A Momentous Meeting
  114. 114A Primitive Justice

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