On this day in 1993, Minnesota native Ann Bancroft and the 1993 American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition reached the South Pole. Split Rock Lighthouse, Two Harbors, Minn. Lake Itasca, Itasca State Park, northwestern Minnesota. 1975 - The last American military personnel leave Vietnam with the evacuation of the United States embassy in Saigon, completely ending American Virginian Lawrence Taliaferro becomes the Indian agent at Fort Snelling. The vast majority ended up being used to pay off Indian debts to white traders. Minnesota volunteers one thousand men for service in the Union Army. THE DAKOTA CONFLICT By 1862, the Dakota were crowded into a small reservation along the Minnesota River. mile per hour city speed limit. tablet with runic carvings on it in his field near Kensington, Minnesota. resigns, The Virginia is the first steamboat to reach Fort Snelling. it was named Fort Snelling, in honor of its founder. That’s when Minnesota found Vault, or maybe it was the other way around. Ring in the new year with a Britannica Membership, https://www.britannica.com/place/Minnesota, Jewish Virtual Library - Minnesota, United States, CRW Flags - Flag of Minnesota, United States, Minnesota - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Minnesota - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). A small extension of the northern boundary makes it the most northerly of the 48 conterminous (This peculiar protrusion is the result of a boundary agreement with Great Britain before the area had been carefully surveyed.) as well as the port cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The Minnesota Orchestra dates back to 1903 when it was founded as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 1855 - Die Minnesota Deutsche Zeitung (The Minnesota German Newspaper), Minnesota's first non-English newspaper, rolls off the press Updated: Jan 10, 2021 8:53 AM. 1900 - Virginia, Minnesota destroyed by fire again. By 1930 only 1/3 of the state would remain forested, with very little of that virgin By the end of the decade he had won the Nobel Prize for literature after a string Minnesota from Great Britain in the American Revolution. Taliaferro instated as first United States Indian agent at Fort Snelling. 1837 - Land-cession treaties negotiated with the Dakota Indians and the Chippewa Indians for United States rights to a portion of land between 1939 - A hockey game in the Duluth Amphitheater is interrupted when the ceiling collapses under the weight of snow. 1818 - Northern boundary of Minnesota fixed at the forty-ninth parallel. Five cases of new COVID-19 strain found in Minnesota. Settlers had begun occupying U.S. military-reservation land on the west side of the river in 1849; in 1855 the government gave these illegal squatters patent rights, and the village of Minneapolis was incorporated in 1856. Later in the summer Moorhead, Minnesota ties 1920 - Minnesota authors receive international recognition. Temperature variations in Minnesota occur not only seasonally but also from one part of the state to another. 1951 - Over 82% of iron ore extracted from United States mines during this year originates in Minnesota. St. Paul is the state capital, and the Twin Cities region (Minneapolis–St. Drawn to the beautiful bluff country of Minnesota and the agricultural opportunities of the Root River, people flocked to Lanesboro in the late 1800s after it was founded in 1868. The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) was founded in 1902 in Two Harbors, and was later moved to Duluth, Saint Paul, and then Maplewood. Minnesota was the 32 nd state in the USA; it became a state on May 11, 1858.. State Abbreviation - MN State Capital - St. Paul Largest City - Minneapolis Area - 86,943 square miles [Minnesota is the 12th biggest state in the USA] Population - 5,420,380 (as of 2013) [Minnesota is the 21st most populous state in the USA] Name for Residents - Minnesotans Major Industries - farming (corn, … Posted: Jan 9, 2021 9:23 PM. Taconite mining emerges as the future employment source 1659-1660- French fur traders Groseilliers and Radisson explore western end of Lake Superior and environs. Its name was derived from the Sioux word minne, meaning “water,” and the Greek polis, for “city.” Minnesota is one of the north-central states. the first book about Minnesota, Description de la Louisiane. game into this area. Boundary and surgical procedures. The majority of Minnesota’s lakes are located in the areas of glacial moraine, where glaciers deposited hills of sand and gravel. 1825 - Fort Snelling is established at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. 5,639,632. 1887 - St. Paul hosts the first ski tourney in the Midwest. January 9, 2021. depression on the iron range. 1886 - Sauk Rapids is flattened by a tornado. First American fur traders enter Minnesota. It's fluid. The settlement was known as Pig’s Eye Landing until 1841, when Roman Catholic missionary Lucien Galtier built a log chapel dedicated to the apostle Paul. 1899 - Minnesota's lumber industry reaches its peak. Average daily maximum temperatures in July range from the mid-80s F (about 29 °C) in southern Minnesota to the low 70s F (about 21 °C) along the shore of Lake Superior. The most fertile soils in Minnesota formed beneath the original grasslands of the south and west and are rich in organic matter and soluble minerals. Respected by the Indians for never making promises he could not keep, U.K. COVID-19 variant strain found in Minnesota The Minnesota Department of Public Health says five cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom is confirmed in Minnesota on Saturday. This new land stimulates the lumber industry in Minnesota. largest political party in Minnesota and capitalizes on the rural depression which plagues Minnesota until 1824 to gain a broad base of support. 1,053 Minnesotans gave their lives over the course of the war. State seal adopted by the Minnesota Legislature. the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. St. Wheat becomes a major The Minnesota Territory was formalized in 1849 with Saint Paul named as its capital. By the end of the conflict 486 white settlers would be dead. Professor of Geography, University of Minnesota. 1933 - "Browns Valley Man" remains, estimated to be 8,000 - 10,000 years old, discovered in Brown County, Minnesota. 1849 - The U.S. creates the Minnesota Territory. In the northern regions of the state, frost is possible in any month. he works hard for 20 years to rid the fur trade of whisky and cheating. Singer Bob Seventy-nine people die. 1894 - A massive forest fire caused by clear-cut logging debris encompasses Hinckley, Minnesota and several other nearby communities. 1803 - The United States of America purchases Louisiana Territory from France, gaining ownership of the western portion of Minnesota. for the first time in St. Paul. 1980 - Last iron ore shipment leaves the Cuyuna iron range. 1863 - At the Battle of Gettysburg the First Minnesota Regiment makes a heroic charges, losing 215 of 262 men. Indians lived in Minnesota when the first Europeans arrived. It is bounded by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north, by Lake Superior and the state of Wisconsin to the east, and by the states of Iowa to the south and South Dakota and North Dakota to the west. Its southward drainage created the wide valley of the Minnesota River, the flow of which eventually reversed as ice blockage to the north melted. The new Farmer-Labor Party becomes the second Dakota and North Dakota to the west. 1917 - The United States of America enters World War I. A massive explosion in a Minneapolis flour mill kills 18. On They probably followed herds of large Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 280 Saint Paul, MN 55101 (Local) 651-539-1500 (Complaints) 651-539-1600 Many Dakota, Ojibwe and other American Indians live in Minnesota today. 1763 - Spain receives Louisiana Territory (includes Minnesota west of the Mississippi River) from France in compensation for its loss of The southern part of the former lake bed lies along the Minnesota–North Dakota border and is known as the Red River valley. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. growth. 1888 - Western Minnesota receives a major blizzard on January 12 which takes 109 lives. It changes, grows, becomes richer, and more complex when any individual 1836 - Creation of Wisconsin Territory which encompassed Minnesota. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts was established in 1883. Updates? The runes indicate a party of Viking explorers passed through that area in Minnesota Historical Society formed to collect, publish, and educate people about Minnesota history. Between the time of European exploration and statehood, the Ojibwa occupied the forested areas of the state and pushed the Dakota … They have long life expectancies, and high rates of health insurance and regular exercise. 1940 - The Armistice Day Blizzard strikes Minnesota leaving a 16.8 inches of snow in twenty four hours. The depression begins in Minnesota with the bankruptcy of key employers in Minneapolis for the iron range, with 12,000 workers. 1898 - The Spanish-American War begins. 1800 - France acquires Louisiana Territory from Spain. Senator Hubert Humphrey also runs for president that year, narrowly losing to Richard Nixon. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state. 1931 - Ancient remains of 20,000 year old skeleton dubbed "Minnesota Man" found in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. in St. Paul on March 11 and escapes. Later it would serve to name the state capitol which sprang up around it. Minnesota" is adopted by the Minnesota Legislature. 1954 - Coya Knutson becomes the first Minnesota woman elected to the Congress of the United States. Omissions? In northeastern Minnesota there are stream valleys and deep, clear lakes that were scoured by glaciers from the granite bedrock. The largest glacial lake plain (more than 100,000 square miles [260,000 square km]) was formed by Lake Agassiz, which held the meltwaters as the latest glaciers retreated northward some 8,000 years ago. American ground forces are introduced into Vietnam. 1679- Frenchman Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Luth meets with Dakota Indians near Mille Lacs. Roe v. Wade, which legalizes abortion. The Panic of 1857 sends prices skyrocketing. At last, in poor health and tired of the government's broken promises, he 1930-1935 - Over 1/2 of iron ore extracted from the earth originates in Minnesota mines. Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) born in Duluth. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. No deaths are reported. Lakes more than 100 square miles (260 square km) in area include Red Lake, Mille Lacs Lake, Leech Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish, Lake of the Woods, and Rainy Lake. His subtle sketches, watercolors, and paintings become an invaluable record of the scenery and Indian life around the fort. The nation?? 1921 - WLB, the first Minnesota radio station, formed at the University of Minnesota. veracity. Needed supplies are missing from the cargo, though the boat does carry the umbrella-wielding Ancient burial The Minnesota Orchestra dates back to 1903 when it was founded as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Jason Feldman, a former Amazon.com Inc. executive, and Claire Cochrane, a former Blue Apron executive, had started . Depression lingers until 1861. When the U.S. government broke its promises, some of the Dakota went to war against the white farmers and towns. would later run for president in 1984, losing to Ronald Reagan. 1963 - Last iron ore shipment leaves the Vermillion iron range. 1861 - Civil War of the United States begins. 1998 - Minnesota becomes home to largest ethnic Hmong population in America. The Vikings were actually established in 1961. 1819 - Begins construction of Fort St. Anthony on land purchased from the Dakota Indians for $2000 US. 1848 - Wisconsin admitted into the union as a state, leaving residents of the area between the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers (current By 1925 he had published five more works, all focusing on the extravagance and despair of the 1920s in the United States. Minnesota Vikings, American professional football team founded in 1961 and based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, that plays in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. disputes with British Canada keep British fur companies in Minnesota until 1818. 1936 - Temperatures remain below zero for a record thirty-six days beginning on January 18. History Minnesota United is an accessible, resilient and unifying force bringing the fastest growing sport in the country to fans in Minnesota and across the Twin Cities with innovative style. 1805 - Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike leads the first United States expedition through the Minnesota country. 1865 - Civil War of the United States ends. By spreads to Minnesota. Great Britain wins claim to what is now eastern North America (east of the Mississippi River) and Canada. Average annual precipitation ranges from less than 20 inches (500 mm) in the northwest to more than 30 inches (750 mm) in the southeast. hung at Mankato. Disease proves to be the biggest killer, with combat fatalities accounting for only four Minnesota soldier deaths. Minneapolis becomes the home of the Federal Reserve Bank. interacts with it. of four more novels won international acclaim. To ship the iron ore to refineries, railroads such as the Duluth were built from the iron ranges to … A small extension of the northern boundary makes Minnesota the most northerly of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. 1841 - Chapel of Saint Paul built. Record-breaking lows have been known to occur; in 1996 a temperature of −60 °F (−51 °C) was recorded near the northeastern city of Tower. Minnesota’s thousands of rivers flow northward via the Red and Rainy rivers to Hudson Bay, eastward through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, and southward through the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. he takes a critical look at his hometown of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. St. Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald receives much acclaim for his book This Side of Paradise. Republican National Convention held in St. Paul; contested U.S. Senate Race between Al Franken, Norm Coleman settled by Minnesota Supreme Court 1890s - Electric streetcars become commonplace in large Minnesota cities. Game or PaleoIndians: before 5,000 BC. ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A deadly shooting is under investigation in Robbinsdale, Minnesota after a man was found shot to death in a vehicle, according to Robbinsdale police. Abigail Snelling starts a Sunday School at Ft. Snelling for the children. Long before the place we call Minnesota had a motto, a capitol building, or a voting member of Congress, the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) was helping people understand the region’s past. first Better Business Bureau was founded in Minneapolis in 1912. Over killing 59. 1858 - Newspaper promotion of the Minnesota Territory prompts over one thousand steamboat arrivals in St. Paul, filled with settlers. in favor of Franken; Northwest Airlines merged with Delta Airlines. 24,000 men for service in the Union Army for fighting in the Civil War or the Indian Outbreak. Lake of the Woods on the U.S.-Canadian border. Those that formed under the original hardwood forest, which occupied a belt between the prairie and the coniferous forest, are intermediate in colour and natural fertility. Some of those early Minnesota people carved pictures of humans, animals and weapons into rocks. mounds and unearthed objects like spear points are evidence that people lived here ages ago. Minnesota First Early Inhabitants Timeline. A record-breaking snowstorm hits Minnesota on November 1 depositing twenty-four inches of snow in twenty-four hours. People first came to Minnesota during the last ice age. About one in four Minnesotans is at least partly of Scandinavian origin, but those of German descent constitute the single largest ethnic group in the state. Florida during the Seven Years War. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Robbinsdale Police are investigating after a man was found dead and slumped over inside of a vehicle. 1862 - The Dakota Conflict sweeps across Minnesota with a series of attacks motivated by hungry Dakota enraged by the failure of land treaties 1934 - Edward G. Bremer of St. Paul kidnapped by the Barker-Karpis gang. River, Lake Traverse, and the Big Dakota River and south of a boundary line between the Dakota and Chippewa in 1825. be 5,000 years old - and many are still visible today in Minnesota's state parks, such as Jeffers Petroglyphs near Comfrey and Windom. Minnesota's state flower is the pink-and-white lady's slipper. 1929 - Great Depression begins in the United States. By the time of the armistice in 1953, 688 Minnesotans had died in the fighting. 1683 - Catholic Missionary Father Louis Hennepin returns to France after exploring Minnesota and being held captive by the Dakota to write the first book about Minnesot… day eastern Minnesota) without a territorial government or legal system. a state record high official temperature of 114 degrees Fahrenheit, previously set in Beardsley, Minnesota in 1927. By Holly Bernstein | January 9, 2021 at 7:49 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 10:33 PM . 1918 - World War I ends with 1,432 Minnesotans in uniform giving their lives for their country. summers of devastating infestations of Rocky Mountain Locusts (called the great Grasshopper Plague) which thrived on wheat, farmers decided to diversify, 1838-1848 - St. Paul, St. Anthony, and Stillwater (Minnesota's first towns) founded. 1964 -Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey elected vice-president of the United States as the running-mate of president Lyndon Johnson. 1850 - Treaties concluded at Traverse des Sioux and Mendota with the Dakota Indians whereby the Dakota ceded their lands east of the Red The state’s rich prairie soils developed on the finely ground mineral materials left by the retreating glaciers. After five consecutive miles per hour with gusts over sixty miles per hour. Fur trading continues to be the main source of commerce in Minnesota through the early 19. These and other measures have led two groups to rank Minnesota as the healthiest state in the nation; however, in one of these rankings, Minnesota descended from first to sixth in the nation between 2005 and 2009 because of low levels of public health funding and … Boundary negotiations with British Canada continue until 1931. 1812-1814 - War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain with their Dakota, Winnebago, and Ojibwe allies. 1825 - The post continued to be called Fort St. Anthony until 1824, when, upon the recommendation of General Scott, who inspected the fort, 1927 - Charles Lindbergh, a native of Little Falls, Minnesota, flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris. Conventional He would later write the majority opinion in the case of 1851 - Charter granted to the University of Minnesota, the first collegiate institution in the territory. Grand Portage (Minnesota) evolves into the western fur-trading headquarters of the British Empire in North America. Average daily January highs range from the mid-20s F (about −4 °C) in the south to about 15 °F (−9 °C) in the north; minimums are from about 5 °F (−15 °C) to about −5 °F (−21 °C). destroyed by fire. States up to that time. 1854 - St. Paul becomes a city with a total area of four square miles. Four of the cases were identified through the MDH Public Health Laboratory, and … businesses fail. Farmer Olof Ohman finds a stone Minnesota consists of extensive woodlands, fertile prairies, and innumerable lakes—the last the basis for one of the state’s nicknames, “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” Minnesota actually has about 12,000 lakes, all of which are larger than 10 acres (4 hectares) in area. Minnesota became the 32nd state of the union on May 11, 1858. Banks bust and 1362. 1948 - Minnesota's first television station, KSTP, goes on the air. In 1854, Saint Paul incorporated as a city and in 1858, Minnesota was admitted to the union with Saint Paul becoming the capital of the 32nd state. Prominent geomorphic reminders of this glacial activity are the rolling farmlands, thousands of lakes, steep hillsides, and flat glacial lake and outwash plains that make up Minnesota’s present-day landscape. Over the next two decades mines spring up Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. 1783 - The newly formed republic of the United States of America wins the eastern portion of Minnesota (from the Mississippi river east) The Minnesota 1944 -The Democratic and Farmer Labor parties merge to form the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. 1990 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev visits Minnesota. 1884 - Minnesota iron ore begins to be exported heralding the dawn of iron mining in Minnesota. 1673- French explorers Marquette and Joliet discover the upper portion of the Mississippi River. Minnesota Territory formed with present day eastern and southern boundaries set. Nurse charged with aiding suicides over internet; Tom Petters convicted of biggest fraud ($3.65 billion - in Minnesota history, sentenced to 50 years in prison, 26-year old Omer Abdi Mohamed of Minneapolis, admitted helping with Somalia terror plot, Representative Michele Bachmann announced run for U.S. presidency. Cloud is the county seat of Stearns County and was named after the city of Saint-Cloud, France (in Île-de-France, near Paris), which was named after the 6th … Opinions differ, but most academic sources today doubt its A small extension of the northern boundary makes Minnesota the most northerly of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. When the rail service was abandoned however … David Thompson, working for the North West Company (fur-trading) completes the first formal mapping of Minnesota. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 1908 - Chisholm, Minnesota is virtually obliterated by a late summer forest fire. his two sons, Dr. William James Mayo and Dr. Charles Horace Mayo, he begins a clinic world-renowned for its dedication to the latest advances in medicine Many parts of Minnesota have continuous snow cover for at least 90 days, from about mid-December to mid-March. 1873 -A three-day blizzard hits Minnesota in January, killing seventy Minnesotans. 1853-1857- Population explosion occurs in Minnesota from 40,000 people in 1853 to approximately 150,000 people in 1857. The United States enters World War II. is bounded by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north, by Lake Superior and Wisconsin to the east, by Iowa to the south and South With (This peculiar protrusion is the result of a boundary agreement with Great Britain before the area had been carefully surveyed.) By pushing the boundaries of the human story across time, space, cultures, and media, we reveal the interconnected narrative threads and patterns of our individual and collective lives. 1990 Minnesota ranks fourth in the nation in per capita gambling sales. $1,665,000 US, $1,360,000 of which was set into a trust fund, of which the interest would be distributed to chiefs partly in cash, partly in supplies, 1950 - The Korean War begins. By the end of the 20th century, services had become the dominant activity of Minnesota’s economy, surpassing farming, mining, and manufacturing, which had been the major sources of income for the state since settlement. Labeled a "pandemic of influenza", this disease managed to kill 7,521Minnesotans in 1918 and more than 4,200 over the course in part upon his residence in Minnesota. A mother in northern Minnesota has been arrested after allegedly abandoning her six-year-old daughter on the side of a highway, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. 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