Fifty Years In The Northwest / With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes
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- FIFTY YEARS IN THE NORTHWEST.
- WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX CONTAINING REMINISCENCES, INCIDENTS AND NOTES.
- EDITED BY E. E. EDWARDS.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CONTENTS.
- ERRATA.
- CHAPTER I.
- DUBUQUE.
- PRAIRIE DU CHIEN.
- FORT CRAWFORD ROBBED.
- EARLY JUSTICE.
- A SOUTHWARD JOURNEY.
- RETURN TO MAINE.
- PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN 1836-37.
- AMERICAN RESIDENTS.
- BIOGRAPHIES.
- CHAPTER II.
- STILLWATER AND ST. CROIX COUNTY.
- STILLWATER IN 1845.
- ST. CROIX COUNTY.
- JUDGE IRWIN'S COURT IN 1840.
- [A] EARLY HISTORY OF STILLWATER.
- [Copy of Agreement.]
- STILLWATER IN 1846.
- STILLWATER IN 1847.
- TERRITORIAL ELECTION.
- AMUSEMENTS.—SOCIETY BALL IN STILLWATER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.
- BIOGRAPHIES.
- EARLY RIVER PILOTS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- POLK COUNTY—DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY.
- THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
- FRONTIER JUSTICE.
- POPULATION OF ST. CROIX FALLS IN 1848.
- NATURAL LANGUAGE.
- THE DROWNING OF HAMLET H. PERKINS.
- A QUAILTOWN MURDER.
- MINERAL PERMITS.
- MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
- AN INDIAN SCARE.
- THE FIRST FIRE CANOE.
- MILL BUILDING.
- INDIAN MURDERS.
- INDIAN BATTLE OF STILLWATER
- THE FIRST LOGGERS.
- THE FIRST RAFTING.
- AN INDIAN PAYMENT.
- INDIAN DANCING AND THEFT.
- OTHER THEFTS.
- HARD TIMES.
- UGH! UGH!
- MRS. WORTH AND MUCKATICE.
- CHAPTER V.
- BIOGRAPHIES.
- ALDEN.
- APPLE RIVER.
- BALSAM LAKE.
- BEAVER.
- BLACK BROOK.
- CLAM FALLS.
- CLAYTON.
- CLEAR LAKE.
- PINEVILLE.
- EUREKA.
- FARMINGTON.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- GARFIELD.
- GEORGETOWN.
- TWO MEN MURDERED.
- LAKETOWN.
- LINCOLN.
- LORAINE.
- LUCK.
- MILLTOWN.
- OSCEOLA.
- CHANGE OF NAME.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- ST. CROIX FALLS.
- ST. CROIX FALLS VILLAGE.
- WEST SWEDEN.
- STERLING.
- CHAPTER VI.
- ST. CROIX COUNTY.
- HOW THE SCHOOL LANDS WERE SELECTED.
- ST. CROIX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
- POMONA GRANGE.
- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
- MANUFACTURES.
- ST. CROIX POOR FARM
- FIRST TAX ROLL OF ST. CROIX COUNTY, 1848.
- ST. CROIX FALLS.
- WILLOW RIVER.
- MOUTH OF LAKE ST. CROIX.
- HUDSON CITY.
- CITY GOVERNMENT.
- MAYORS OF HUDSON CITY.
- CITY SCHOOLS.
- A MILITARY INSTITUTE
- MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES.
- BANKS.
- THE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HOSPITAL.
- WATER WORKS.
- HOTELS.
- THE GREAT FIRE.
- SOCIAL AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- BALDWIN.
- BALDWIN VILLAGE,
- WOODVILLE VILLAGE
- CADY.
- CYLON,
- EAU GALLE,
- EMERALD
- ERIN PRAIRIE.
- FOREST,
- GLENWOOD,
- HAMMOND
- HAMMOND VILLAGE,
- HUDSON.
- KINNIKINIC
- PLEASANT VALLEY.
- RICHMOND.
- BOARDMAN VILLAGE
- GRIDLEY VILLAGE
- NEW RICHMOND
- NEW RICHMOND CITY
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- RUSH RIVER
- SOMERSET
- SOMERSET VILLAGE,
- ST. JOSEPH
- HOULTON.
- BURKHARDT VILLAGE
- SPRINGFIELD,
- HERSEY.
- WILSON VILLAGE,
- STANTON
- STAR PRAIRIE,
- HUNTINGTON VILLAGE
- STAR PRAIRIE VILLAGE,
- TROY,
- WARREN,
- TOWN PLATS LOCATED IN ST. CROIX COUNTY.
- CHAPTER VII.
- PIERCE COUNTY.
- RAILROADS.
- MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
- ORGANIZATION OF TOWNS.
- CLIFTON,
- DIAMOND BLUFF
- THE FIRST SETTLER.
- EL PASO
- ELLSWORTH
- ELLSWORTH VILLAGE.
- GILMAN.
- HARTLAND.
- ISABELLE.
- MAIDEN ROCK.
- MARTELL.
- OAK GROVE.
- PRESCOTT CITY
- DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- AN INDIAN BATTLE.
- RIVER FALLS
- ASSOCIATIONS.
- THE BANK OF RIVER FALLS
- HUDSON & RIVER FALLS RAILROAD.
- RIVER FALLS BOARD OF TRADE
- FIRES.
- RIVER FALLS CITY.
- THE FOURTH STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT RIVER FALLS—HISTORY.
- REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
- ROCK ELM
- SALEM.
- SPRING LAKE
- TRENTON.
- TRIMBELLE.
- UNION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII.
- BURNETT, WASHBURN, SAWYER AND BARRON COUNTIES.
- BURNETT COUNTY.
- ORGANIZATION.
- THE PINE BARRENS.
- MURDERS.
- THE FIRST MISSION.
- GRANTSBURG
- THE CRANBERRY MARSHES.
- WASHBURN COUNTY.
- SHELL LAKE
- SPOONER,
- VEAZIE VILLAGE
- SAWYER COUNTY.
- BARRON COUNTY.
- TURTLE LAKE TOWN
- BARRON,
- PERLEY VILLAGE
- CUMBERLAND VILLAGE
- SPRAGUE
- COMSTOCK,
- BARRONETT,
- CHAPTER IX.
- ASHLAND, BAYFIELD AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
- ASHLAND COUNTY.
- ASHLAND
- BAYFIELD COUNTY.
- BAYFIELD.
- WASHBURN
- DRUMMOND, PRATT AND MASON
- CABLE STATION,
- DOUGLAS COUNTY.
- SUPERIOR CITY.
- WEST SUPERIOR
- CHAPTER X.
- PINE COUNTY.
- POKEGAMA LAKE.
- BATTLE OF POKEGAMA.
- A NOBLE CHIEF.
- FRANK CONFESSIONS.
- A COWARDLY DEED.
- AN UNJUST ACCUSATION.
- INDIAN MAGNANIMITY.
- CHENGWATANA.
- HINCKLEY.
- THE VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY
- SANDSTONE VILLAGE
- KETTLE RIVER.
- MISSION CREEK
- PINE CITY.
- ROCK CREEK
- ROYALTON
- WINDERMERE
- A ROCK CREEK MURDER.
- THE BURNING OF A JAIL.
- A DISFIGURED FAMILY.
- INDIAN FAITH CURE.
- INDIAN GRAVES.
- STOICISM OF THE INDIAN.
- AN INDIAN DANCE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI.
- KANABEC COUNTY.
- ARTHUR.
- MORA,
- BRONSON.
- BRUNSWICK
- GROUND HOUSE CITY
- GRASS LAKE
- ISANTI COUNTY.
- CAMBRIDGE,
- NORTH BRANCH TOWN
- OXFORD.
- MILLE LACS COUNTY.
- MILACCA
- BRIDGMAN VILLAGE,
- PRINCETON.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHISAGO COUNTY.
- LOCATION—SURFACE—SCENERY.
- CHISAGO LAKE.
- DALLES OF ST. CROIX.
- THE DEVIL'S CHAIR.
- THE WELLS.
- SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION.
- BRANCH.
- NORTH BRANCH STATION.
- CHISAGO LAKE.
- CENTRE CITY,
- LINDSTROM VILLAGE,
- CHISAGO CITY.
- FISH LAKE.
- FRANCONIA
- FRANCONIA VILLAGE
- HARRIS.
- HARRIS VILLAGE.
- LENT.
- NESSELL.
- RUSH SEBA.
- RUSH CITY.
- SHAFER
- SUNRISE.
- SUNRISE VILLAGE
- KOST VILLAGE
- CHIPPEWA
- DRONTHEIM
- NASHUA
- WASHINGTON
- TAYLOR'S FALLS.
- AN INDIAN DANCE.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- WYOMING
- WYOMING VILLAGE
- DEER GARDEN VILLAGE
- CHAPTER XIV.
- WASHINGTON COUNTY.
- AFTON
- AFTON VILLAGE.
- SOUTH AFTON
- VALLEY CREEK
- ST. MARY VILLAGE
- BAYTOWN
- BAYTOWN VILLAGE.
- BANGOR VILLAGE
- MIDDLETOWN VILLAGE
- SOUTH STILLWATER
- COTTAGE GROVE
- COTTAGE GROVE VILLAGE
- LANGDON VILLAGE
- DENMARK.
- POINT DOUGLAS.
- FOREST LAKE.
- FOREST LAKE VILLAGE
- GRANT.
- DELLWOOD VILLAGE
- EAGLE CITY
- MAHTOMEDI
- WILDWOOD PARK
- LAKELAND.
- LAKELAND VILLAGE,
- MARINE.
- MARINE MILLS VILLAGE.
- IMPROVEMENTS.
- VASA VILLAGE
- NEWPORT.
- GRAY CLOUD CITY
- NEWPORT VILLAGE
- OAKDALE.
- ONEKA.
- ONEKA,
- SHADY SIDE VILLAGE,
- STILLWATER.
- OAK PARK
- WOODBURY,
- CHAPTER XV.
- WASHINGTON COUNTY—CONTINUED.
- CITY OF STILLWATER.
- CITY GOVERNMENT.
- CITY MARSHALS.
- THE POST OFFICE,
- RAPID GROWTH.
- HOTELS.
- CITY BANKS.
- FIRST NATIONAL BANK
- LUMBERMAN'S NATIONAL BANK,
- STILLWATER SAVINGS BANK,
- ST. CROIX LUMBERMEN'S BOARD OF TRADE
- STILLWATER BOARD OF TRADE.
- STILLWATER WATER COMPANY.
- FIRE DEPARTMENT.
- THE ST. CROIX HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY
- STILLWATER GASLIGHT COMPANY.
- TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
- THE NATIONAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
- UNION ELEVATOR COMPANY
- EXPRESS COMPANIES.
- THE STILLWATER BRIDGE.
- LUMBERING INTERESTS.
- FLOURING MILLS.
- MANUFACTORIES.
- CARRIAGE MANUFACTORIES.
- CHURCH SOCIETIES AND BUILDINGS.
- THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
- ST. MICHAEL'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH
- ST. MARY'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH,
- THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
- SWEDISH LUTHERAN.
- THE FIRST GERMAN LUTHERAN
- THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN
- THE GERMAN METHODIST
- THE SALEM GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
- THE DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
- SWEDISH CONGREGATIONAL.
- THE ST. JOSEPH'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH
- THE SWEDISH METHODIST CHURCH
- THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
- PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
- SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
- CEMETERIES.
- WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
- MINNESOTA STATE PRISON.
- FIRES.
- BONDS AND INDEBTEDNESS.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- STEARNS, ANOKA AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES.
- STEARNS COUNTY.
- ST. CLOUD.
- LA SAUK,
- ANOKA COUNTY.
- ANOKA.
- ANOKA CITY.
- BETHEL
- BLAINE,
- BURNS
- CENTREVILLE
- CENTREVILLE VILLAGE
- COLUMBUS,
- FRIDLEY.
- GROW
- HAM LAKE,
- LINWOOD.
- OAK GROVE
- RAMSEY,
- ST. FRANCIS
- AN INDIAN RIOT.
- SHERBURNE COUNTY.
- TOWNS.
- VILLAGES OF SHERBURNE COUNTY.
- ELK RIVER,
- EAST ST. CLOUD,
- CLEAR LAKE
- BECKER
- BIG LAKE,
- CHAPTER XVII.
- BENTON COUNTY.
- SAUK RAPIDS.
- WATAB.
- MORRISON COUNTY.
- LITTLE FALLS VILLAGE,
- ROYALTON VILLAGE
- CROW WING COUNTY.
- MURDERERS LYNCHED.
- BRAINERD
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- AITKIN COUNTY.
- AITKIN VILLAGE.
- CARLTON COUNTY.
- THOMSON.
- CLOQUET,
- MOOSE LAKE STATION,
- BARNUM STATION,
- MAHTOWA STATION,
- NORTH PACIFIC JUNCTION
- ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
- DULUTH.
- FOND DU LAC,
- ONEOTA
- CLIFTON.
- PORTLAND,
- ENDION,
- MIDDLETON,
- MONTEZUMA,
- BUCHANAN,
- ST. LOUIS FALLS
- FREMONT ISLAND.
- TOWER,
- LAKE COUNTY.
- TWO HARBORS,
- COOK COUNTY.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- HENNEPIN COUNTY.
- FORT SNELLING.
- ST. ANTHONY FALLS.
- ST. ANTHONY FALLS.
- MINNEAPOLIS.
- WATER VERSUS STEAM.
- TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT THE FLOUR MILLS.
- SUBURBAN RESORTS—LAKE MINNETONKA.
- PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN MINNEAPOLIS COSTING $100,000 AND UPWARD.
- POST OFFICE STATISTICS FOR 1886.
- HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Postmasters.
- WEST MINNEAPOLIS.
- CHAPTER XX.
- RAMSEY COUNTY.
- POPULATION OF ST. PAUL.
- SCHOOLS IN 1886.
- STATISTICS OF BUILDINGS COSTING $100,000 AND OVER.
- MAYORS OF ST. PAUL.
- MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
- WEST ST. PAUL.
- TOWNS OF RAMSEY COUNTY.
- WHITE BEAR.
- WHITE BEAR LAKE
- SOUTH ST. PAUL
- NORTH ST. PAUL.
- POST OFFICE.
- GENERAL BUSINESS.
- MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
- POST OFFICE HISTORY.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- DAKOTA COUNTY.
- HASTINGS,
- FARMINGTON,
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- GOODHUE COUNTY.
- BIOGRAPHICAL.
- WABASHA COUNTY.
- WINONA COUNTY
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHIES.
- APPENDIX.
- MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS, ITEMS AND STATISTICS, INCLUDING AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIAN TRIBES INHABITING THE TERRITORIES OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.
- BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY UNTIL THE CREATION OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY IN 1836.
- SPANISH CLAIMS.
- FRENCH CLAIMS.
- THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
- INDIAN TREATIES.
- GEN. PIKE AND THE INDIANS.
- The Establishment of United States Surveys in the Northwest—A Condensed Statement from the Records of the Books in the Surveyor General's Office.
- THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
- FIRST ENTRIES.
- LIST OF OFFICERS.
- TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF WISCONSIN.
- FIRST LEGISLATURE—REPRESENTATIVES OF CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- SECOND LEGISLATURE.
- THIRD LEGISLATURE—REPRESENTATIVES OF CRAWFORD AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES.
- FOURTH LEGISLATURE.
- FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
- CRAWFORD, ST. CROIX, CHIPPEWA AND LA POINTE COUNTIES.
- STATE GOVERNMENT OF WISCONSIN.
- UNITED STATES SENATORS.
- UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES.
- WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE.
- TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF MINNESOTA.
- CENSUS OF THE TERRITORY—AUGUST, 1849.
- FIRST TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.—HELD SEPT. 3 TO NOV. 1, 1849.
- SECOND TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1851.
- THIRD TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1852.
- FOURTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1853.
- FIFTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1854.
- SIXTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1855.
- SEVENTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1856.
- EIGHTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1857.
- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1857.
- REPRESENTATIVES FROM ST. CROIX VALLEY.
- GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
- SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICES.
- ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
- UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM MINNESOTA.
- REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
- FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE, 1857-8.
- SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE, 1859-60.
- THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE, 1861.
- FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 1862.
- FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1863.
- SIXTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1864.
- SEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1865.
- EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1866.
- NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1867.
- TENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1868.
- ELEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1869.
- TWELFTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1870.
- THIRTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1871.
- FOURTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1872.
- FIFTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1873.
- SIXTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1874.
- SEVENTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1875.
- EIGHTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1876.
- NINETEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1877.
- TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1878.
- TWENTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE, 1879.
- TWENTY-SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE, 1881.
- TWENTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE, 1883.
- TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1885.
- TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1887.
- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1857.
- FIRST MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, HELD 1857-8.
- ADJOURNED SESSION.
- LAND GRANTS, RAILROAD SURVEYS AND CONSTRUCTION.
- THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
- THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RAILROAD.
- THE ST. PAUL & DULUTH RAILROAD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE LAKE SUPERIOR & MISSISSIPPI).
- MINNESOTA & MANITOBA RAILROAD.
- STILLWATER, WHITE BEAR & ST. PAUL RAILROAD.
- THE ST. PAUL, STILLWATER & TAYLOR'S FALLS RAILROAD.
- THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL (BRANCH) RAILROAD.
- TAYLOR'S FALLS & LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD.
- CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILROAD—RIVER DIVISION.
- MINNEAPOLIS, SAULT STE. MARIE & ATLANTIC.
- CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & NORTHERN RAILROAD.
- MILEAGE OF ROADS CENTRING IN ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS IN 1887.
- CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER.
- INLAND NAVIGATION.
- THE WATERWAYS CONVENTION OF 1885.
- RESOLUTION INTRODUCED AT THE WATERWAYS CONVENTION HELD IN ST. PAUL, SEPTEMBER, 1885.
- EARLY STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION.
- LATER NAVIGATION ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
- STEAMBOATING ON THE ST. CROIX.
- ICE BOATS.
- STEAMBOAT LIFE—1846.
- ST. CROIX BOOM COMPANY.
- THE LANGUAGE OF THE LOGS.
- AMOUNT OF LOGS CUT FROM 1857 TO 1888.
- CHARTERED DAMS.
- LUMBERING ON THE ST. CROIX IN 1845.
- LUMBERING ON THE ST. CROIX IN 1886.
- THE LOG JAMS OF THE ST. CROIX.
- POPULATION OF WISCONSIN.
- POPULATION OF ST. CROIX, PIERCE, POLK, BURNETT, AND SAWYER COUNTIES.
- POPULATION OF MINNESOTA.
- MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL.
- BURNING OF THE CAPITOL.
- SELKIRK VISITORS.
- CYCLONES.
- THE ISANTI COUNTY CYCLONE.
- THE COTTAGE GROVE CYCLONE.
- THE CYCLONE AT WHITE BEAR AND MARINE, MINNESOTA, AND CLEAR LAKE, WISCONSIN.
- THE ST. CLOUD AND SAUK RAPIDS CYCLONE OF 1886.
- STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
- ASIATIC CHOLERA.
- DECREE OF CITIZENSHIP.
- BURNING OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
- GRASSHOPPERS.
- ANCIENT MOUNDS.
- LAKE ITASCA.
- COPPER MINING ON THE ST. CROIX.
- REMINISCENCES OF REV. JULIUS S. WEBBER.[K]
- AN AMUSING INCIDENT.
- THE OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.
- ORGANIZATION.
- OBJECTS AND ORGANIZATION.
- ITS PROGRESS.
- ITS PRESENT CONDITION.
- PROPOSED BUILDING FOR THE SOCIETY.
- PRESIDENTS OF THE OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.
- THE ST. CROIX VALLEY OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.
- NEWSPAPER HISTORY IN RAMSEY COUNTY.
- OTHER ST. PAUL PUBLICATIONS.
- HENNEPIN COUNTY.
- PAPERS OF MINNEAPOLIS.
- EXCELSIOR.
- WASHINGTON COUNTY.
- CHISAGO COUNTY.
- PINE COUNTY—PINE CITY.
- CARLTON COUNTY—CLOQUET.
- ST. LOUIS COUNTY—DULUTH.
- TOWER.
- TWO HARBORS.
- AITKIN COUNTY—AITKIN.
- CROW WING COUNTY—BRAINERD.
- KANABEC COUNTY—MORA.
- MILLE LACS COUNTY—PRINCETON.
- MORRISON COUNTY—LITTLE FALLS.
- ROYALTON.
- STEARNS COUNTY—MELROSE AND SAUK CENTRE.
- SAUK CENTRE.
- ST. CLOUD.
- SHERBURNE COUNTY—ELK RIVER.
- ISANTI COUNTY—CAMBRIDGE.
- BENTON COUNTY.
- ANOKA COUNTY—ANOKA.
- DAKOTA COUNTY—FARMINGTON.
- GOODHUE COUNTY—CANNON RIVER FALLS.
- KENYON.
- PINE ISLAND.
- RED WING.
- ZUMBROTA.
- WABASHA COUNTY—MAZEPPA.
- PLAINVIEW.
- WINONA COUNTY—ST. CHARLES.
- NEWSPAPERS IN WISCONSIN.
- PIERCE COUNTY—ELLSWORTH.
- RIVER FALLS.
- ST. CROIX COUNTY—BALDWIN.
- HAMMOND.
- HUDSON.
- NEW RICHMOND.
- POLK COUNTY—CLEAR LAKE.
- OSCEOLA MILLS.
- ST. CROIX FALLS.
- BARRON COUNTY—BARRON.
- CHETEK.
- CUMBERLAND.
- RICE LAKE.
- SAWYER COUNTY—HAYWOOD.
- BURNETT COUNTY—GRANTSBURG.
- ASHLAND COUNTY—ASHLAND.
- GLIDDEN.
- HURLEY.
- BAYFIELD COUNTY—BAYFIELD.
- WASHBURN.
- DOUGLAS COUNTY—SUPERIOR.
- WASHBURN COUNTY.
- AN ODD CHAPTER IN POLITICAL HISTORY—THE BLACK HAWK WAR.
- AN EARLY RUNAWAY MATCH.
- DRED SCOTT AT FORT SNELLING.
- OLD BETZ AND THE ST. PAUL TRIBE OF INDIANS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ADDENDA.
- LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ST. CROIX VALLEY—WISCONSIN SIDE.
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