Minnesota, the North Star StateFolwell, William Watts
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Minnesota, the North Star State
Folwell, William Watts
Minnesota -- History
St. John’s University, mentioned, 354.
St. Lusson, at convocation of 1671, 15.
St. Michael the Archangel, mission of, 27.
St. Paul, Hennepin at site of (1680), 19;
Carver visits site (1767), 34;
first inhabitant, 82;
settled by evicted Swiss, 82;
how named, 83;
a French village till 1845, 83;
gets post-office (1846), 84;
capital of territory, 91;
remains the capital, 132, 265.
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co., financing of, 285;
bankruptcy of, 308;
sold to associates (1878), 310;
litigation following sale of, 311.
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Co. organized 1879, 311.
Saint Pierre, Capt. Legardeur, at Fort Beauharnois, 27.
Sanborn, John A., appointed colonel of the Fourth Minnesota, 184.
Sandy Lake and post, 40.
San Ildefonso, treaty of, 43.
Savanna portage. 40.
Sawmill, near Menominee, Wis., 80;
first in Minnesota, at Marine, 81;
first at falls of St. Anthony, 84.
School, agricultural, at Lake Calhoun, 67.
School-books, free, 321.
Schoolcraft, Henry R., mineralogist of Cass’s expedition, 71;
narrative of same, 71;
expedition of 1832, 75;
at Lake Itasca, 76;
conceals discovery in report to War Department, 77;
announces discovery in published narrative, 77.
School fund, increase of, 352;
may be loaned for erection of school buildings, constitutional
amendment, 346;
may be invested in municipal bonds, constitutional amendment, 348.
School of Agriculture of University of Minnesota, evolution of, 354.
School tax, 337.
Schools, common, development of, 255.
Second Battery of Light Artillery, 187.
Second Minnesota Infantry, recruited, 181;
at Mill Springs, 181;
gallant stand at Chickamauga, 242;
at Mission Ridge, 243.
Second Minnesota Sharpshooters at Antietam, 181.
Seeger, William, impeachment of, 298.
Selkirk, Earl of, plans colony, 78;
plants settlements in Canada, 78.
Selkirk colonists migrate to the States, 78.
Selkirk refugees, squat about Fort Snelling, 79;
evicted from Fort Snelling reservation, 82;
settle at St. Paul, 82.
Seventh Minnesota Infantry, at Nashville, 244;
at Wood Lake, 219.
Seven Years’ War, effect of, 31.
Sheehan, Timothy J., recalled to Fort Ridgely, 200;
commands there, 205;
gallantry at Nashville, 245;
U. S. marshal, 351.
Sherburne, Moses G., appointed territorial justice (1853), 108;
presents plan of union of two factions of constitutional convention,
139;
reports constitution to democratic body, 140.
Sherman, Gen. W. T., speaks at celebration of two hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of the falls of St. Anthony, 325.
Sherman, John, opposes the admission of Minnesota, 153.
Shields, James, elected U. S. senator, 150;
seated as senator, 153.
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