
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier
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- THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA AND TALES OF THE FRONTIER
- Dedication.
- AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- HISTORY.
- HISTORY OF MINNESOTA. BY JUDGE CHARLES E. FLANDRAU.
- LEGENDARY AND ABORIGINAL ERA.
- 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.
- FOOTNOTES:
- RAILROADS.
- THE FIRST RAILROAD ACTUALLY BUILT.
- THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE.
- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
- ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE CAPITAL.
- CENSUS.
- GRASSHOPPERS.
- MILITIA.
- THE WRIGHT COUNTRY WAR.
- THE CIVIL WAR.
- THE THIRD REGIMENT.
- THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862 AND FOLLOWING YEARS.
- THE ATTACK ON FORT RIDGELY.
- BATTLE OF NEW ULM.
- BATTLE OF BIRCH COULIE.
- OCCURRENCES IN MEEKER COUNTY AND VICINITY.
- PROTECTION OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.
- COLONEL SIBLEY MOVES UPON THE ENEMY,
- THE BATTLE OF WOOD LAKE.
- FORT ABERCROMBIE.
- 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 INSTITUTES 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.
- INTERSTATE PARK—THE DALLES OF THE ST. CROIX.
- POLITICS.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED RELATING TO MINNESOTA.
- Finis.
- TALES OF THE FRONTIER.
- FRONTIER TALES.
- HUNTING WOLVES IN BED.
- THE POISONED WHISKY.
- FUN IN A BLIZZARD.
- LAW AND LATIN.
- INDIAN STRATEGY.
- THE FIRST STATE ELECTION RETURNS FROM PEMBINA.
- A FRONTIER STORY WHICH CONTAINS A ROBBERY, TWO DESERTIONS, A CAPTURE AND A SUICIDE.
- THE PONY EXPRESS.
- KISSING DAY.
- A POLITICAL RUSE.
- THE HARDSHIPS OF EARLY LAW PRACTICE.
- TEMPERANCE AT TRAVERSE.
- WIN-NE-MUC-CA'S GOLD MINE.
- A UNIQUE POLITICAL CAREER.
- LA CROSSE.
- MAKING A POSTOFFICE.
- THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION.
- HOW THE CAPITAL WAS SAVED.
- AN EDITOR INCOG.
- THE INK-PA-DU-TA WAR.
- MUSCULAR LEGISLATION.
- THE VIRGIN FEAST.
- THE ABORIGINAL WAR CORRESPONDENT.
- BRED IN THE BONE.
- AN ACCOMPLISHED RASCAL.
- AN ADVOCATE'S OPINION OF HIS OWN ELOQUENCE IS NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE.
- A MOMENTOUS MEETING.
- A PRIMITIVE JUSTICE.
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