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Reservation name Tribe Counties Map Population [Note 1] Notes Bois Forte Indian Reservation: Ojibwe: Itasca, Koochiching, and St. Louis: 984 Fond du Lac Indian Reservation: Ojibwe ...
Many [1] Minnesota placenames are translations or mistranslations, mispronunciations, or Romanized transcriptions of Native placenames and descriptions. Dakota, Ojibwe, and Iowa people had no written language at the time these names were popularly adopted.
Fort Snelling played a pivotal role in Minnesota's history and in the development of nearby Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The history of the U.S. state of Minnesota is shaped by its original Native American residents, European exploration and settlement, and the emergence of industries made possible by the state's natural resources.
Possibly the first non-indigenous person to enter the territory was a French fur trader from Canada in 1655. After the fur trappers and early explorers, the area was populated by settlers from New England. The 1820s and 1830s saw significant emigration, eased by completion of the Erie Canal (1825) and the end of the Black Hawk War (1831). They ...
Aug. 14—Dear Answer Man: The Mazeppa Area Historical Society just received a scrapbook with pictures of Old and New Rochester. Some have numbers on them, example: "252nd of a Series — Old and ...
Rochester is the second windiest city in the United States, with wind speeds averaging 12.6 mph (20.3 km/h). [18] January to April are the windiest months on average, according to The Weather Channel. Rochester has been hit by two F4 tornadoes since 1950 (the first on May 10, 1953, and the other on September 16, 1962). [19]
Rochester: Tudor Revival estate built 1917–1924 for pivotal Mayo Clinic doctor and architect Henry Stanley Plummer (1874–1936). [21] Also a contributing property to the Pill Hill Residential Historic District. [19] Now a city park and event center. [22] 18: Rochester Armory: Rochester Armory: December 2, 1980 : 121 North Broadway
Mar. 31—Michael Resman had been raising his daughters in Southwest Rochester when he decided to sit down and read his home's abstract, which his bank released years earlier. He eventually came ...