On this date in 1705, Father Louis Hennepin dies in Rome Italy at the age of 78. Hennepin was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, missionary and explorer of the interior of North America.
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1866-11-19
On this date in 1866, the Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad line from St. Paul to Belle Plain is completed. The company, originally known as the Minnesota Valley Railroad company, was incorporated by an act of the Minnesota Legislature approved on March 4, 1864.
1766-11-14
On this date in 1766, Massachusetts explorer, mapmaker and author, Jonathan Carver, enters a cave in modern day St. Paul that was long used by Dakota people. This cave would eventually come to be known by white settlers in the area by his name: Carver’s Cave. Carver was among the first white men to explore […]
1870-11-09
On this date in 1870, Joseph Renshaw Brown dies. Brown was a pioneer fur trader, lumberman, journalist, and the founder of two Minnesota towns, Henderson and Dakota (Stillwater). Brown was also instrumental in the organization of the Minnesota Territory and served two years in the Minnesota Territorial Council, as well as, the Minnesota Territorial House […]
1834-11-07
On this date in 1834, Henry H. Sibley arrives in Mendota. Hastings, born in Detroit in 1811, joined the American Fur Company when he was eighteen years old. He spent five years as manager of its store on Mackinac Island, MI. In 1834, Sibley moved to Mendota to become a partner in the company’s Western […]
