The Washington herald., 1907-05-11

Within two years the necessary building
OF the fort had been erected, and in do
ing this two of Minnesota's greatest in
dustries We're begun. for the falls farther
up the river were harnessed 10 saw the
lumber needed and to grind -four for the
soldiers bread.
The first official needed in that region
seems to have been an Indian agent. as
the Dakotans and Chippewas We're not
willing 70 give up all lands as rapidly as
settlers desired. The first agent sent was
named TallaferTo. and he came in 1872 on
the Virginia, the first steamboat TO pene-
trate North Mississippi waters. lie had
come from Washington by way OF Pitts
burg. It was a great day for the settlers
when the boat came. but great cOnsterna-
ton spread among the Indians. Only a
few nights before one OF THEIR sachems
had seen vision Of house that walked
on water with a great noise, and would
bring disaster 20 his people.
In 1855 Pierre Parrant built a hut across
the river from Fort Smelling. This was
the beginning OF ST. Paul. The same year
manufacturer. Franklin Steele. built
on the present site Of Minneapolis. Across
the river from Minneapolis was the vii
lage Of St. Anthony, and the bridge con-
Meeting these IN 1854 was the first built
across the Mississippi. The first paper
with Minnesota headlines was the Mime
sofa Review. of april 2. 1913. II was
printed in Cincinnati The next day a
St. Paul press printed the Pioneer. There
are now about COO papers printed in the
State, appearing in English. French,
German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish,
Bohemian, and Icelandic.
When the delegates met in Saltwater ia
lS4S 20 petition for the creation Of q Terri
tory, they agreed that ST. Paul should be
the capital. Mendoza have the Delegate
10 Congress, St. Anthony the university,
and saltwater the penitentiary. In later
years an attempt was made 10 move the
capital to Mendoza, but the measure was
defeated by the simple process Of Joseph
ROlette pocketing the bill and disappear
ing The first man to raft Minnesota luIn-
Der was Joseph Brown, Of the ST. Croix
Valley The first railroad ran between
ST. Paul and ST. Anthony, and the loco
motive drawing the first train was the
William Crooks" which had come up
by fiatboat IN October. 1861 Three in-
ventions brought rapid development to
the State-the self-binding harvester, the
middlings purifier and the roller -four
mill. Ia 1870 the output Of -four from
! Minneapolis was not worth counting
I Thirty years later Il had nearly reached
Il 600 900 barrels year
| MinnesOta's greatest trouble was witt
the Indians In 1862 while many mer
were in the civil war, Little Crow tried
10 sweep the State clean Of whites. Set
/ tiers hurried into stockades. but ovel
iI0G0 were massacred. When subdued
+ 500 of the captive Indians were sentenced
/ 10 death, Lincoln commuted many sen
/ tences. but thirty-eight were hanged "A
| the same time on one gallows. the largest
hanging In the history Of the country
When Lincoln called for volunteers IN
| 1861, Minnesota was the first 70 respond
Through Gov. Alexander Ramsey, theu
in Washington. the response was made
Lieut.. Gov. Ignatius Donnelly called tho
troops. The first colonel was ex-Gov
German. and the first man TO sign agree
ment of enlistment in the civil war was
/ Josias r. King. OF ST. Paul. This regi-
ment lost heaviest at Gettysburg tbs
! greatest battle of ths war. The one
/ Northern-born man that St Paul con-
| tributed 10 the Confederate army was
/ Gen. Pehberton.
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