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The oldest known human remains in Minnesota, dating back about 9,000 years ago, [1] were discovered near Browns Valley in 1933. "Browns Valley Man" was found with tools of the Clovis and Folsom types. [2]
The territorial era of Minnesota lasted from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to Minnesota's achieving statehood in 1858. The Minnesota Territory itself was formed only in 1849 but the area had a rich history well before this. Though there was a long history of European presence in the area before 19th century, it was during the 19th century that ...
The Minnesota Territorial Legislature recognized Saint Anthony as a town in 1855 and Minneapolis in 1856. Boundaries were changed and Minneapolis was incorporated as a city in 1867. Minneapolis and Saint Anthony joined in 1872. [ 2 ]
The Seven Iron Men, also known as the Merritt brothers, were iron-ore pioneers in the Mesabi Range in northeastern Minnesota and the creation of the city that is now known as Mountain Iron. [1] In the late 1800s, the Merritt family founded the largest iron mine in the world and initiated the consolidation of the American railway system into ...
Statue of "Big Ole the Viking" in Alexandria, Minnesota, proclaiming the city the "Birthplace of America," based on an assumed authenticity of the Kensington Stone. The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota, United States, in 1898.
A Minnesota woman discovered she has a rare condition that makes physical activity, including exercise, life-threatening.. Plymouth native Maggie Habashy was diagnosed with exercise-induced ...
A dead baby girl discovered in a box on the side of the road in Minnesota 35 years ago has now been identified — and local authorities will not be pressing charges against the child's mother.
The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, [1] until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and the western portion became unorganized territory and shortly after was reorganized as part of the Dakota Territory.