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Founding of Hanover | MNopedia
In 1891, homesteaders in Hanover realized their dream of officially incorporating their farming community. It had been thirty-six years since Jacob Vollbrecht,...
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State Reform School, St. Paul | MNopedia
Minnesota's first experiment in juvenile justice, the State Reform School, operated in St. Paul from 1868 to 1891. During that time, over 1250 inmates, almost...
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Battle of Shakopee, 1858 | MNopedia
The last in a series of violent conflicts between Dakota and Ojibwe people took place on the banks of the Minnesota River north of the village of the Dakota...
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Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment | MNopedia
Organized at Fort Snelling in the fall of 1861, the Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was unique. The third-largest Minnesota infantry unit,...
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Farmers' Alliance in Minnesota | MNopedia
The Farmers' Alliance in Minnesota thrived from 1886 to 1892. During this time, the organization achieved the most progress toward its political goals in the...
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Sandy Lake Tragedy | MNopedia
In the fall and early winter of 1850, the US government forced thousands of Lake Superior Ojibwe to leave their homeland in Wisconsin and gather at Sandy Lake,...
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Mickey's Diner | MNopedia
Mickey Crimmons and Bert Mattson opened Mickey's Diner, located at 36 West Seventh Street in downtown St. Paul, in 1939. Such diners had gained popularity...
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Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment | MNopedia
Organized at Fort Snelling in the fall of 1861, the Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was unique. The third-largest Minnesota infantry unit,...
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Minnesota Motor Corps | MNopedia
The Minnesota Motor Corps was the first militarized organization of its kind in the United States. Made up of volunteers and their vehicles, the corps existed...
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Origins of the Vietnamese Community at St. Adalbert Church, St. Paul | MNopedia
The Vietnamese Catholic community at St. Adalbert Church in St. Paul (265 Charles Avenue) began growing in 1990, after Father Tim Kernan sponsored two...
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Mississippi River Reservoir Dam System | MNopedia
The Headwaters Dams were built between 1881 and 1912 in the Mississippi headwaters. The dams served to regulate river flow and assist navigation until 1938,...
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Jewish Roots of Neighborhood House, St. Paul | MNopedia
Women members of Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul founded Neighborhood House in 1897 to assist poor Russian Jewish immigrants. For its first sixty-five years, the...
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Wealthy apple | MNopedia
The Wealthy apple was the first apple to thrive in Minnesota's humid continental climate. Horticulturalist Peter Gideon grew it first in 1868, after years of...
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Kline Sanatorium | MNopedia
The Kline Sanatorium was built in 1902 by Dr. James Kline and served hundreds of patients before it closed in 1935. Serving as a shelter for those left without...
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Vermilion Iron Range | MNopedia
The Vermilion Range, with its distinctive hard and high-grade iron ore deposits, looms large in the history of the mining industry in Minnesota. It was the...
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