GLCEventFirst Book About MinnesotaCNoteCatholic Missionary Father Louis Hennepin returns to France after exploring Minnesota and being held captive by the Dakota to write the first book about Minnesota, Description de la Louisiane.rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.Claimed by Francex`Nicholas Perrot built a fort on the Minnesota shore of Lake Pepin, near its downstream end. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.French Build Forts<$The French continued to develop forts and settlements in Minnesota such as Isle Pelee north of Red Wing in 1695, Fort L. Huillier near Mankato in 1700, Fort Beauharnois near Frontenac in 1727 and in 1731 Fort St. Pierre by International Falls and Fort St. Charles in the Northwest Angle. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.Ojibwa Drive out Dakota#KathioThe Ojibwa won the decisive battle in their war with the Dakota at the Great Dakota village of Kathio on the western shore of Mille Lacs. The Ojibwa eventually drove the Dakota into southern and western Minnesota. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.!Britain Cedes Northwest TerriotryYAbout twenty-nine thousand square miles of territory, including all of Minnesota that lies east of the Mississippi, was ceded to the US at this time. This comprises about one third of the state. The balance of the present state of Minnesota was derived from the Louisiana Purchase. }http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(M0866d257)) Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.Louisiana PurchaseQvAbout fifty-five thousand square miles, of land that is now Minnesota, was secured for the US in the Louisiana Purchse from France.~http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(M0866d257)) Taken from the Internet, Septemeber 21, 2001. War of 1812)LThe Dakota, Ojibwa and Winnebago joined the English in the War of 1812. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.Building Fort Snelling%HColonel Josiah Snelling begins construction of Fort St. Anthony on land purchased from the Dakota Indians for $2000 US.When the fort is completed, its name is changed to Fort Snelling in Honor of Colonel Josiah Snellings work. rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.+Minnesota as Part of Territory of Wisconsin After Michigan became a state, the Territory of Wisconsin was organized to include the entire area of Minnesota. Joseph N. Nicollet began explorations in Minnesota. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.First Newspaper[James Madison Goodhue begins publishing Minnesota's first newspaper, the Minnesota Pioneer.rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.Minnesota Territory|After the admission of Wisconsin to the Union, the Stillwater Convention of August 1848 adopted measures calling for a separate territory to be named Minnesota. Congress passed the bill organizing Minnesota as a territory. Territorial officers were appointed March 19. Governor Alexander Ramsey proclaimed the organization of the territory on June 1, and the first territorial legislature assembled on September 3. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.First Non-English NewspaperSt. PaulDie Minnesota Deutsche Zeitung (The Minnesota German Newspaper), Minnesota's first non-English newspaper, rolls off the press for the first time.rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.#First Bridge Across the Mississippi St. AnthonyThe first bridge to span the main channel of the Mississippi River anywhere along its length was opened between Minneapolis and St. Anthony. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.Becomes a StateMinnesota became the thirty-second state. At the time of its entry, Minnesota was the third largest state in land area, only Texas and California were larger. ]http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html Taken from the Internet, September 20, 2001.American Civil Warl*Minnesota volunteers one thousand men for service in the Union Army. Minnesota eventually provides 24,000 men for service in the Union Army for fighting in the Civil War or the Indian Outbreak. At the Battle of Gettysburg the First Minnesota Regiment makes a heroic charges, losing 215 of 262 men.http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001 and http://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.The Dakota Conflict2,The Dakota Conflict sweeps across Minnesota with a series of attacks motivated by hungry Dakota enraged by the failure of land treaties and unfair fiscal practices of local traders. By the end of the conflict 486 white settlers would be dead. On December 26 thirty-eight Indians were hung at Mankato.rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.Mayo Clinic Foundedu RochesterDr. William Worrall Mayo starts the clinic after a tornado sweeps through Rochester, killing 35. With 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 and surgical procedures.rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.&Evidence ofViking Explorers Discovered KensingtonTFarmer Olaf Ohman finds a stone tablet with runic carvings on it in his field near Kensington, Minnesota. The runes indicate a party of Viking explorers passed through that area in 1362. Initially considered a hoax, it was accepted by the Smithsonian Institution in 1948. Opinions differ, but most academic sources today doubt its veracity.XLass, William E. Minnesota: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977 pp. 25-30.WW IdThe United States of America enters World War I. 118,497 men from Minnesota serve in the war. The war ends with 1,432 Minnesotans in uniform giving their lives for their country. rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.WW II5;@The US enters World War II which ends with 6,255 American servicemen from Minnesota giving their lives for their country. Private Milburn Henke of Hutchinson was the first enlisted man to land with the first American Expeditionary Force in Europe in WWII on January 26, 1942. http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001 and http://www.50states.com/facts/minn.htm Taken from the Internet, September 27, 2001.!First Minnesota Woman to CongressM\Coya Knutson becomes the first Minnesota woman elected to the Congress of the United States.rhttp://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, September 21, 2001.St Lawrence SeawayTJThe St. Lawrence Seaway opened, allowing oceangoing ships to reach Duluth.Thttp://www.50states.com/facts/minn.htm Taken from the Internet, September 27, 2001.Rollerblades ArriverRollerblades were the first commercially successful in-line Roller Skates. Minnesota students Scott and Brennan Olson invented them, when they were looking for a way to practice hockey during the off-season. Their design was an ice hockey boot with 3 inline wheels instead of a blade. Thttp://www.50states.com/facts/minn.htm Taken from the Internet, September 27, 2001.