Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-10-20
COhMEhAORATfD Pike


Centennial OF lieutenant's
Landing Celebrated
Monday
The hundredth. anniversary Of the
landing of Lieutenant Zebulon N.
Pike of the e. s. army at Pike Rs-
pids, and his erection of q fort at
that place, was celebrated on Mon
dav.
In the morning a number of citi-
zens, piloted by N. Richardson, went
to the site Of the fort, about three
miles south Of the city, on the west
bank of the Mississippi Mr. Rich.
ardson had q boulder placed to mark
the site, and an inscription cut by j.
P. Mundy, which will serve as q
memorial till q fner stone can be
erected.
In the afternoon there was gath.
ering at the court house. Mr.. Rich
ardson was chairman, and in calling
tre meeting to order made some ap-
propriate remarks. Mayor Vassly
gave a short address of welcome.
A. K. Miller, who came to Mime.
sofa in 1864, spoke on behalf of the old
soldiers, and DR.. J. Martin, also q
pioneer OF territorial days, gave q
short but splendid address. Hon. W.
E. Lee of Long. Prairie gave an ad-
dress full of interesting "reminiscences
of early days in> Morrison county,
particularly as to the time OF tie In
ian ontpreak, relating an amusing
incident of life in the etockade st
Little Falls. Mr.. Lee paid tribute to
the work of the pioneers and thoee
who followed them, and thought the
best Tribute to their memory, the
most enduring monument, would be
the sslf- coneecration of every citizen.
in these days when 1t is 50 much
needed, to the regeneration of the
land. The address was in every respect
j interesting and valuable, and there
i should have been larger audience to
hear it.
W. W. Upham, secretary of the
State Historical society. a 9eologist
and historian of note, gave very in.
teresting address on the explorers of
the upper Mississippi. He prefsced
his remarks with the statement that
Little Falls was one of half dozen
| localities in the United States which
were of great interest to scientists In
this country and Europe, as one of the
places where 1t had been determined
by careful investigation that human
beings 6:st lived in America. Un.
doubtedly men had lived in other
places. but Little Falls was one of the
few places where rec rd Of their
habitation had been left. Through
the flint implements used by these
! people, geologists and arehaeolOxists
decided that abodt 6. 600 yeats sgo at
the close of the ice age. there was
habitation on the site. OF Little Falls
and vicinity. Miss Frances Babbitr,
years ago resident of Little Falls
was the first to find Implements upon
which these claims were founded, and
her discoveries had been confirmed by
the late j. V. Brewer and other In
vestigstors. A part OF Mr.. Upham's g
very interesting address is given in
this issue and the remainder will pe
published next week It is az follows
A hundred years exceeds the mem.
ory of any man or woman low living
in Minnesota. It is q great part of
the lifetime of this nation; but in the
history of mankind, which comprises
the rise and fall of nations, like the
acts of drama. the period of one cen.
| tury which We especially review today
seems relatively short and very mod
ern.
For the State of Minnesota this cen.
tury includes good part. but only the
later part, of our ancient history,
which may be considered to end with
the organization of Minnesota as q
territory. The nine years of its terri.
torial existence. from 1849 to 1858.
may be called our medieval period
and the ensuring forty-eeven years, tc
the present time, will then embrace
our modern history.
! When we have reviewed somewhat
particularly the discoveries and ex'
plorations of onf Great River by Pike
and Morrison, Cass. Long, Beltrami,
Schoolcraft, Nicollet, and Brower, we
may we'll return, on this occasion
consecrated to history, through thu
other century and half, preceding
Pixies expedition, to glance along al
the line Of the earlier discoverers an6
explorers of the Mississippi rive1
within tue area of Minnesota. Thus
our review will he extended into th<
twilight dawn of our historical day.
i The forms of Groseilliers an6
Radisson, the first white men t
tread on the soil of Minnesota and tt
propel their canoes over our stream!
and lakes, will pass before our visior
of that femote past. After them w
shall zee Duluth. the ranger of ou1
northern woods and founder of the fu,
trade on Lake Superior; Hennepin,
the Franciscan priest. who 6rst saw
and named the Falls Of st. Anthony
Perrot, who proclaimed France as thu
owner of the country drained BY tht
st. Croix and Minnesota rivers. and
indeed Of all the upper Mississippi
basin In Wisconsin and Minnesote
LIE Sueur. who more than two hun.
dred years ago mined on the Blue
Earth river what he supposed to be
IN ore of copper: and Carver, the
nrst English speaking explorer of this
region, coming soon after France
ceded it to England. These worthiee
of our historical dawn and early
morning time may be honored TO-DAY
with Pike and oil the goodly company
who after him have shared In makiua