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76. Ashley Crowl Riggs Ledger Book, 1852-1873, Minnesota

Creator:
Riggs, Ashley Crowl, 1828-1907
Date Created:
1852 - 1873
Description:
Ashley C. Riggs kept a ledger book journal from 1852-1873. The earliest entries are from Cold Spring (Stearns County), Minnesota and Watab (Benton County), Minnesota. The ledger's earliest entries record his activiites as an Indian Agent for the Winnnebago Indians for the years 1852-1853. The second portion of the ledger is Riggs' diary which documents his activities in and around Monticello, Minnesota for the years 1864-1873. Riggs was a key figure in the development of the Minnesota Territory and early Monticello, Minnesota community when he laid claim in 1854 to a piece of land on the Mississippi River. He built othe first ferry to shuttle people across the River. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Contributing Institution:
Cold Spring Area Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Ledgers (account books)

77. Collated Statutes of the Territory of Minnesota and Decisions of Supreme Court

Creator:
Legislative Assembly, Territory of Minnesota, by resolution of March 5, 1853
Date Created:
1853
Description:
First compiled territorial statutes in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

78. Minnesota Year Book for 1853

Date Created:
1853
Description:
Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

79. Striking the Post

Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1853
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows a Native American activity in which a number of men are involved.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

80. Baldwin School Requirements and Prohibitions handbill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Neill, Edward Duffield, 1823-1893
Date Created:
1853 - 1885
Description:
Small handbill listing seven requirements and four prohibitions of the Baldwin school. There is a space for a signature, showing the student "assents to the above requirements and prohibitions."
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Bulletins

81. Indians Travelling

Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1853?
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows Native Americans moving with their belongings to a new location.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

82. Baldwin School Addresses, St. Paul, Minnesota Territory

Creator:
Baldwin School
Date Created:
1854
Description:
Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of the Edifice of the Preparatory Department, of the Baldwin School, Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory; And Catalogue for 1853. There are colored pencil notations in the booklet.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

83. Baldwin School and College of Saint Paul Catalogues, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Baldwin School
Date Created:
1854
Description:
Catalogues of the Baldwin School, and the Academic Department of the College of Saint Paul, Minnesota. MDCCCLIV. The catalogues have information on trustees, instructors, pupils, and a statement and general plan for the College of Saint Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

84. Buffalo Chase

Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1854
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows a mounted Native American man about to kill a buffalo with an arrow.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

85. J. B. Wakefield and Jim Ohio Dog, Blue Earth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1854
Description:
James Wakefield in hunting clothes with his dog. Wakefield was a member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate. He became the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and was a U. S. Congressman.
Contributing Institution:
Faribault County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

86. Waheoka, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1854
Description:
A map of a proposed community named Waheoka, including streets, blocks, and lots. The Minnesota River is included. The community was apparently to be located in Nicollet County, with southern and eastern boundaries along the Minnesota River, apparently near St. Peter and Traverse des Sioux. Spring Lake, looking more like a small stream on the map, divided the community into an east section and a west section. Waheoka was surveyed by Z. Wise in 1854 for Lyman Leach and Monroe Wright.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

87. Otsego cemetery plat map, Wright County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1854?
Description:
Otsego cemetery plat map is the original plan of the cemetery drawn in approximately 1854, showing plots purchased by the city's founders and pioneers. It was designed during the time of the Rural Cemetery Movement and is an example of an early community graveyard (and cemetery association), not associated with a church.
Contributing Institution:
Otsego Heritage Preservation Commission
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

88. Portrait of Jabez Brooks, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Fisher, George
Date Created:
1854?
Description:
Portrait of the Reverend Jabez Brooks, Hamline University president, 1854-1857 and 1861-1869. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was principal of a seminary in Watertown, Wisconsin, and a professor of Greek and mathematics at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. After leaving Hamline, he became a member of the faculty at the newly opened University of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hamline University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

89. Rare envelope containing "Rock Bend" in address; sent to Charles E. Flandrau, Rock Bend, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1854?
Description:
The community of St. Peter was initially, and for a very brief time, known as Rock Bend, a name taken because of the presence of a sharp bend in the course of the Minnesota River on the east side of the settlement. The name was used probably from late in 1853 until sometime in 1854. The envelope shown here, addressed to Charles E. Flandrau (1828-1903), who was living in the area at the time, is one of only a few objects that survived with the name "Rock Bend" on it. Flandrau, himself, became a very prominent resident of the State of Minnesota. Among many other duties during his lifetime, he commanded the defenders of New Ulm in August of 1862 and later served on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

90. First public school, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1855
Description:
Pictured left to right are Rev. J.W. Hancock, S.S. Grannis, and H.B. Baldwin. The school was built in 1854 and later torn down around 1891.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

91. Indian Doctor Concocting a Pot of Medicine

Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1855
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

92. Map of Curtis Survey, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1855
Description:
Map of Curtis Survey, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

93. Portrait of John W. North, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1855
Description:
Portrait of John W. North with his child in 1855.
Contributing Institution:
Northfield Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

94. Rise and Progress of Minnesota Territory

Creator:
Emerson, C. L.
Date Created:
1855
Description:
Demographic, business and industrial information of the Minnesota Territory prior to Statehood
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

95. Man with oxen team and hay wagon, Oronoco, Minnesota

Date Created:
1855 - 1860
Description:
William Koenig (of Oronoco Township) is holding a pitch fork and standing next to an oxen team. A wagon filled with hay is being pulled by the team.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

96. Stereoscopic views of Minnesota scenery; First Suspension Bridge view from Nicollet Island to Minneapolis

Date Created:
1855 - 1870
Description:
Landscape view, publisher from Saint Paul. Minnestereographs of Minnesota Scenery, From Taylor's Book Store, St. Paul. Toll keeper's office and bridge abutment in foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

97. Mason and Boardman Hardware Store, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1855 - 1887
Description:
Exterior view of the Mason and Boardman hardware store in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street. photograph E1393 shows the same "HARDWARE" sign.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

98. Eureka, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1855?
Description:
A map showing the community of Eureka, including streets, blocks, and lots. The Minnesota River is included. Eureka was located in Section 33, T109N, R28W of Nicollet County, Minnesota, and was surveyed by Daniel L. Turpin. This town did not survive the severe economic downturn that began in 1857 that affected the entire United States and the Territory of Minnesota. It can now be regarded as part of Lost Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

99. Map of Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Territory

Creator:
Iddings, C. W.
Date Created:
1855?
Description:
A map of Northfield, Minnesota depicting the town sometime between 1849-1859 when Minnesota was designated as a territory.
Contributing Institution:
Northfield Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

100. Map of Traverse des Sioux, Minnesota

Date Created:
1855?
Description:
This map shows the village of Traverse des Sioux along the Minnesota River. The village was named after the Traverse des Sioux, which was the French name for the crossing site of the river by the Dakota people who lived in the vicintiy.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps
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