Sketches of Minnesota

Sketches of Minnesota
Author: E. Sandford Seymour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1850
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN:

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Beginning with a historical and geographical overview, this traveler's account of the newly formed Minnesota Territory provides practical information for readers interested in relocating to the region. Seymour describes "everything" in Minnesota as "in a crude state, or process of formation," but compares its scenery, pine forests, and extensive waterpower to New England. He also notes that both regions are at a northern latitude and have a "healthy climate" conducive to habits of "industry and enterprise." Sketches of Minnesota has detailed if generally unfavorable things to say about Native American religious practices and intertribal relations. It also discusses life at various missionary and trading stations, and Seymour's exploration of both Fountain and Carver's Caves, and gives detailed information about waterways, quality of water, steamboats, and lodging for travelers. A foldout map is included.

Minnesota Pioneer Sketches

Minnesota Pioneer Sketches
Author: Frank George O'Brien
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1904
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN:

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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 to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation, the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education, and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state.

Five Years in Minnesota

Five Years in Minnesota
Author: J. Maurice Farrar
Publisher: London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1880
Genre: Minnesota
ISBN:

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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 the late 1870s and, upon his return home, published this promotional work extolling the farming life there. The preface makes clear his intention of encouraging inhabitants of Britain to emigrate to a land seemingly unaffected by agricultural depression. His favorable review of Minnesota centers on Fairmont, in Martin County, which he describes as an "English colony" settled by natives of Great Britain from all walks of life. He then talks about the woods of Fillmore County and the town of Chatfield which he follows with a visit to a Chippewa reservation, White Earth. For much of the rest of the book, Farrar discusses sports, politics, and social life, finishing with a detailed exploration of factors that might induce one to emigrate. An appendix of agricultural crops, ploughing, appropriate housing and other practical information concludes this volume.

Sketches Of Minnesota

Sketches Of Minnesota
Author: E Sandford Seymour
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2018-02-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781377021454

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Minnesota

Minnesota
Author: Minnesota. Board of managers, Louisiana purchase exposition, 1904. [from old catalog]
Publisher:
Total Pages: 99
Release: 1904
Genre: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
ISBN:

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Progressive Men of Minnesota

Progressive Men of Minnesota
Author: Marion Daniel Shutter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1897
Genre: Minnesota
ISBN:

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Published by The Minneapolis Journal, this 1897 work offers brief biographical sketches of men from business, politics, and other professions who were considered by the Journal to have taken leading roles in the development of Minnesota. The book also includes historical and descriptive sketches of the state.