On this date in 1918, Archbishop John Ireland, after a year long illness, passes away at his residence at 226 Summit Avenue in St. Paul. Ireland was the third Roman Catholic bishop and first Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota.
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1850-01-01
On this date in 1850, at the Minnesota Historical Society’s first annual meeting, the Reverend Edward D. Neill gives a lecture, the Sixth Regiment’s band provides music, and a grand ball is held in St. Paul’s Central House. (MNopedia)
1854-12-29
On this date in 1854, The first legal execution in Ramsey County, Minnesota Territory, takes place when Yu-Ha-Zee (or Zu-ya-se), a Dakota man convicted of murdering Bridget Keanor, an immigrant woman, is hanged on a gallows on St. Anthony Hill (now Cathedral Hill) in St. Paul. (MNopedia)
1891-12-29
On this date in 1891, the Minnesota Library Association is organized in St. Paul. Professor William W. Folwell, the librarian of the University of Minnesota, is elected president of this first state library association, and other members of “that useful profession” fill the offices of vice president (Helen J. McCaine of the St. Paul Public […]
1867-05-25
On this day in 1867, the first issue of the Minneapolis Daily Tribune, the predecessor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, was published by Colonel William S. King. Early stockholders in the Tribune included Minneapolis’ first Mayor, William D. Washburn and businessman Dorilus Morrison.
