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Book/Printed MaterialA history of the Capitol buildings of Minnesota : with some account of the struggles for ... "An address prepared at the request of the Minnesota Historical Society, and delivered at its Annual Meeting, January 8, 1906." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Minnesota Historical Society - Dean, William (William Blake)
- Date: 1908
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Book/Printed MaterialMinnesota, its character and climate. Likewise sketches of other resorts favorable to invalids; together with copious ... This panegyric extols the beauty, abundant natural resources, and health- restoring environment of Minnesota, describing the state's regions and its many tourist attractions. It is directed towards those suffering from consumption (tuberculosis)...
- Contributor: Bill, Ledyard
- Date: 1871
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Book/Printed MaterialMinnesota as it is in 1870; its general resources and attractions for immigrants, invalids, tourists, capitalists, ... Minnesota as it is in 1870 is a detailed piece of promotional literature intended to attract settlers to the state of Minnesota. It is typical of many such publications that circulated during...
- Contributor: McClung, J. W. (John W.)
- Date: 1870
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Book/Printed MaterialNarrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this ... This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled...
- Contributor: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
- Date: 1834
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Book/Printed MaterialFifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes. William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achieving...
- Contributor: Edwards, E. E. (Elijah Evan) - Folsom, William H. C. (William Henry Carman)
- Date: 1888
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Book/Printed MaterialFive years in Minnesota. Sketches of life in a western state. Maurice Farrar was an Englishman authorized by Minnesota in 1880 to act as an Agent for the promotion of Immigration through lecturing in Great Britain. He spent five years in Minnesota during...
- Contributor: Farrar, J. Maurice
- Date: 1880
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Book/Printed MaterialMinnesota, its advantages to settlers, 1869. Being a brief synopsis of its history and progress, climate, ... This book was published by the State of Minnesota and was intended to attract settlers. Among the attractions it promotes are the State's agricultural and manufacturing resources and production, climate and its...
- Contributor: Hewitt, Girart
- Date: 1869
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Book/Printed MaterialCelebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Minnesota Historical Society : in the ...
Fiftieth anniversary addresses Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Langford, Nathaniel Pitt - Clough, William Pitt - Northrop, Cyrus - Sanborn, John (John Benjamin) - Davis, Cushman K. (Cushman Kellogg) - Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene) - Davis, Cushman Kellogg - Whipple, Henry Benjamin - Minnesota Historical Society - Le Duc, William Gates
- Date: 1901
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Book/Printed MaterialMinnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west, in the autumn of ... Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829-1922), future Civil War general, diplomat, and state official, wrote these twenty-six letters on a trip to the Minnesota and Dakota [Dacotah] territory during the fall of 1856. He...
- Contributor: Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)
- Date: 1857
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Book/Printed MaterialMinnesota pioneer sketches, from the personal recollections and observations of a pioneer resident. At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult winter, the family moved...
- Contributor: O'Brien, Frank G. (Frank George)
- Date: 1904
