The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
CELEBRATING The
GOLDEN BIRTHDAY
Unique Parade and Public Exer-
cises in Honor of st. An
thongs Founding.

g.. LnOlly rounding.
Fifty years of civic history for Tin
neapoliis were fttingly commemYorated1
by the Territorial Pioneers Of Henne-
pin county, including the parade Of mil;
| itary bodies, fraternal societies, school
children and pioneer organizations, and
| the exercises following at the Old Ard
| Godfrey house, went smoothly ana We're
| we'll attended considering the heat OF
| the sun, which was rather discourag-
| ing to the older participants.
| The exercises of today commemo-
rated notable anniversary. Fifty
| years ago H. T. Welles, whose widow
is still a resident of the city,, was elect;
! ed the first mayor of st. Anthony, and
eminent within the limits of the pres
ent metropolis. Many who We're chill
dren at that time took lively interest
and leading part in the celebration
today, and still older generation was
we'll represented in the passengers rid
its day, piled between st. Paul and St.
Anthony. The old coach occupied an
honored place in the parade this after
noon, an in it were 4: j. Mendenhall,
Joel B. Bassett.. Captain John Taper,
Major G. B. Heffelfnger, Pan mels sta g a
|
Petit, j. E. Bell, Edwin Clark, F. G.;
| O'Brien and others, whose manhood
DAYS have seen the city grow from
| that small beginning on the East Side.
In an automobile rode Colonel A. Allen
and wife and Mr.. and Mrs, b. n.
ond mayor of old St. Anthony, and is
the oldest surviving official of the city.
Other features of the parade which at
tracted attention were the old he'd river
cart, driven by Jerome G: Lay!man
the old hand engine and the Original
hose cart of Hose Company NO. !, ae,
companied by some Of the "boyrs" VINO
nsed TO run with it to fires before the
war.
! Features of Big Parade.
The parade, with Lieutenant Colonel
Frank r. Corriston Of the First req
ment, N. G: S. NJ, as grand M mar Saa
Of It started from Second Avenue
shortly after clock. The first pat
talon Of the Twenty eighth infantry
i. S. A., from Fort Snellings folloW we
by the Thirtieth battery. OF held MI M1l,
lerv, formed the first DIVISION. NeS
after, the regular. ~, cane MG;nn nne bat
TALON of the First regiment, and PAY Pay
7 few B. With them in the second dly nv
sion were the Roosevelt club and " IN
Second, or Minneapolis, regiment, M M
W. A. Each organization was n tan
by it's bands. The tre q hpoded h.
The Veteran Volunteer Firemen s asso
c;ation. with the hand engine ana nos
cart and a detail from the fire depart
ment of today bringing up the rear
e The fourth was the civic DIVISION
e composed entirely of carriages, carry
e ing Mayor Jones and the othef sPe an,
e ers Of the afternoon, members ~ 81 a.
r city council, and their frlends tne ..
= hodv. Former mayors and aldermen O.
:. the city occupied places IN this Gil
). vision.
: The school children formed the nit MT
t division, and considering that tn
= schools have been dismissed for tn
|. summer, a good turnout was secured
t This division was fttingly headed .:
+. The Journal Newsboys' band, with 1t
v forty-fv small musicians IN the1i re- re-
y coats. The boys produced strlkln
effect with their precise marcnlng an
stirring music, and got enthusiastic az
plause all along the route of the parade
The last division comprised the tel
ritorial pioneers, riding in the oil
/ stagecoach, in automobiles and cal
= riages, and a good representation fro1
y the Native Sons of Minnesota. In
place
to whom the day brought special intel
,e est and. significance.
in The parade moved down Nicollet an
to across the island to University avenu
" where it divided, the carriages dellye
G. ing their occupants at the Ard Co
ne FREY house on Second street. Th
in school children, after passing in r
view at Chute park, were dismlsse
KS while the military organizations COZ
of across the river, breaking up the liz
a. of march at Bridge Square.
ce Judge Gilfllan's Address.
st. The commemoration exercises at Il
W Godfrey house were simple and appr
a. priate no set speeches being presente
is Judge J. B. Gilfllan presided, and aft
re the invocation by Rev. Father Jam
re O'Reilly, he delivered the. princiip
re speech Of the day, historical revie
lie, Of great interest to his audience. t
m which the city stands, which had tv
of different careers until 1913, when DO
.r- sides of the river became parts Of t
new territory of Minnesota. The regi
east Of the river was first discover
and explored by French voyageurs, gi
ing it into the possession Of Franc
where it remained until 1868, at t.
when with what is now Canada it W
coded to England. At the close Of
asst Revolutionary war it was coded to t
ial United States by Great Britain, viii
" affirmed the cession of 1888 in IT!
is Virginia interposed claim to t
no northwestern territory, but this W
be withdrawn when the ordinance Of II
Sc, was passed. creating the land north
Of the Ohio and east of the Mississir
red into the Northwest Territory. VIII
ost Ohio was carved into a state, the
ter mainder became the territory of
bel linois. When Illinois was carved o
a. the rest was attached to the terrific
statehood the rest was created into
Wisconsin became state, that D;
between the ST. Croix and the Miss
- sippi became part of the new terrific
n Of Minnesota.
Judge Gilfllan then traced the h
tory of the west half of the city, b
tered between France and Spain s.
Ut. eral times as part of Louisiana, ur
out in 1903 it was purchased from Fral
po- by Jefferson. In 1912 Louisiana
1or came a state, and the rest of the "
re area was created into the territory
hi Missouri In 1920 Missouri was adm
God ted as a state, and the residue '
without organiza ton until 1884, wi
ner, it was placed under the jurisdiction
tal. the territory Of Michigan. In 1!
ent Iowa was made territory, and in L
in state. Then, in lS48, the residue
the Louisiana purchase, with that p
ove. of Wisconsin territory lying west