Minnesota: A History of the State
by Theodore Christian Blegen
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A concise yet comprehensive account of the state's development, following the progress and landmarks in politics, technology, the arts, architecture and more. It deals with the earliest stuggles of the fur traders to the modern problems of urban transportation. The second edition includes a concluding a chapter by Russell W. Fridley.Tags
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waltzmn Theodore Blegen's history of Minnesota is now somewhat dated, and also rather heavy. Those wishing something somewhat newer and easier might well benefit from the histories by William E. Lass and Norman Risjord.
waltzmn Theodore Blegen's history of Minnesota is now somewhat dated, and also rather heavy. Those wishing something somewhat newer and easier might well benefit from the histories by William E. Lass and Norman Risjord.
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- People/Characters
- Elmer L. Anderson (Governor of Minnesota); Christopher C. Andrews; John Jacob Astor; Elmer A. Benson (Governor of Minnesota); Joseph R. Brown (fur trader); J. A. A. Burnquist (show all 32); Ramsay Crooks; Ignatius Donnelly; Stephen A. Douglas; Jean Baptiste Faribault; William Watts Folwell; Orville L. Freeman (Governor of Minnesota); James J. Hill; Hubert Humphrey; Archbishop John Ireland; John Lind (Governor of Minnesota); Little Crow; Stephen Miller (Governor of Minnesota); Edward D. Neill; Knute Nelson (Governor of Minnesota); Floyd B. Olson (Governor of Minnesota); Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Jr.; Alexander Ramsey; Henry M. Rice; Henry H. Sibley; Josiah Snelling; Harold E. Stassen; Lawrence Taliaferro; Edward J. Thye (Governor of Minnesota); Henry B. Whipple; Luther Youngdahl (Governor of Minnesota); James M. Goodhue
- Important places
- Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA; Brainerd, Minnesota, USA; Cass Lake, Minnesota, USA; Cloquet, Minnesota, USA; Duluth, Minnesota, USA; Saint Anthony Falls, Minnesota, USA (Falls of St. Anthony) (show all 26); Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA; Grand Portage, Minnesota, USA; Mendota, Minnesota, USA; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota River, Minnesota, USA; Mississippi River, USA; New Ulm, Minnesota, USA; Pigeon River, Minnesota, USA; Red River of the North, USA; Red Wing, Minnesota, USA; Rochester, Minnesota, USA; St. Anthony, Minnesota, USA; St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA; St. Croix River, USA; St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; St. Peter, Minnesota, USA; Stillwater, Minnesota, USA; Winona, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, USA; USA
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- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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