History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Modern (19th C)

Authors: Charles E. Flandrau In Year : 1900

Book Language: English

Audiobook: History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1

Dedication; Author's Note; History of Minnesota by Judge Charles E. Flandrau
Legendary and Aboriginal Era, Part 1
Legendary and Aboriginal Era, Part 2
Fort Snelling
The Selkirk Settlement
George Catlin; Featherstonehaugh; Schoolcraft and the Source of the Mississippi; Elevations in Minnesota; Nicollet
Missions
The Indians
Territorial Period
Education; The First Territorial Government
Courts
First Territorial Legislature
Immigration
The Panic of 1857; Land Titles; The First Newspaper
Banks
The Fur Trade; Pemmican
Transportation and Express; Lumber
Religion
Railroads, Part 1
Railroads, Part 2; The First Railroad Actually Built
The Spirit Lake Massacre
The Constitutional Convention
Attempt to Remove the Capital; Census; Grasshoppers; Militia
The Wright County War; The Civil War
The Third Regiment
The Indian War of 1862 and Following Years, Part 1
The Indian War of 1862 and Following Years, Part 2
The Attack on Fort Ridgely; Battle of New Ulm, Part 1
Battle of New Ulm, Part 2
Battle of Birch Coulie; Occurences in Meeker County and Vicinity
Protection of the Southern Frontier
Colonel Sibley Moves Upon the Enemy; The Battle of Wood Lake
Fort Ambercrombie; Camp Release
Trial of the Indians
Execution of the Thirty-Eight Condemned Indians; The Campaign of 1863; Battle of Big Mound; Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake
Battle of Stony Lake
Campaign of 1864
A Long Period of Peace and Prosperity; Introduction of the New Process of Milling Wheat; The Discovery of Iron
Commerce through the St. Mary's Falls Canal; Agriculture; Dairying; The University of Minnesota and Its School of Agriculture
The Minnesota State Agricultural Society; The Minnesota Soldiers' Home; Other State Institutions; Minnesota Institute for Defectives; State School for Dependent and Neglected Children
The Minnesota State Training School; Minnesota State Reformatory; The Minnesota State Prison; The Minnesota Historical Society; State Institutions Miscellaneous in their Character; State Finances
The Monetary and Business Flurry of 1873 and Panic of 1893; Minor Happenings
The War with Spain
The Indian Battle of Leech Lake; Population
The State Flag; The Official Flower of the State, and the Method of its Selection
Origin of the Name "Gopher State"; State Parks: Itasca State Park and Interstate Park -- The Dalles of the Saint Croix
Politics
Bibliography

"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and unimportant creation, but which in its half century of growth has expanded into one of the most brilliant and promising stars upon the union of our flag; so that its history must cover every subject, moral, physical and social, that enters into the composition of a first-class progressive Western state, which presents a pretty extensive field; but there is also to be considered a period anterior to civilization, which may be called the aboriginal and legendary era, which abounds with interesting matter, and to the general reader is much more attractive than the prosy subjects of agriculture, finance and commerce."

"Having lived in the state through nearly the whole period of Minnesota's political existence, and having taken part in most of the leading events in her history, both savage and civilized, I propose to treat the various subjects that compose her history in a narrative and colloquial manner that may not rise to the dignity of history, but which, I think, while giving facts, will not detract from the interest or pleasure of the reader. If I should in the course of my narrative so far forget myself as to indulge in a joke, or relate an illustrative anecdote, the reader must put up with it." - Summary by Judge Charles E. Flandrau, from the Opening Statement