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101. "A Minnesota Ballad," by Sam Whiting

Creator:
Whiting, Sam, 1815-1882
Date Created:
1856
Description:
A poem celebrating the State of Minnesota by Boston-born sailor Captain Sam Whiting. Whiting was the editor of a Winona, Minnesota newspaper, The Winona Republican, in 1855-1856.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Poems

102. Dakota, Nicollet County, Minnesota Territory

Creator:
McSweeney, Anthony D.
Date Created:
1856
Description:
A map showing the community variously known as Dakota, Dakota City, or Dakota Mills, including streets, blocks, and lots. The Minnesota River is included, as is a building labeled as McNutt's Dakota Mills. The community was located in Section 34, T109N, R28W in Nicollet County, and was "surveyed in 1856, drawn by Anthony D. McSweeney" for William H. McNutt, who is listed as the proprietor. 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)

103. Map of the City of St. Anthony and Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1856

Creator:
Chapman & Curtis (St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1856
Description:
Overlay map of Minneapolis and St. Anthony.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

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

Date Created:
1856
Description:
Portrait of John Wesley North.
Contributing Institution:
Northfield Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Tintypes

105. Redstone, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1856
Description:
A map showing the community of Redstone City, including streets, lots, and blocks. The town was located in Section 1, T109N, R30W of Nicollet County, Minnesota. Frederick Leavenworth was the surveyor for this map, which was created in 1856 for proprietor Daniel Lothrop, Jr. Like its neighboring community of Redstone, Redstone City gradually faded away as a community, and can now be regarded as a part of Lost Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

106. Redstone, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1856
Description:
A map showing the community of Redstone, including streets, blocks, and lots. Redstone was located in Section 35, T110N, R30W of Nicollet County, Minnesota. Frederick Leavenworth was the surveyor for this map, which was created in 1856 for Marshall B. Stone and other occupants and proprietors. Redstone faded away as a community in which to live, and can now be regarded as a part of Lost Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

107. Swan City, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1856
Description:
A map showing the community of Swan City, including streets, blocks, and lots. It was located in Sections 5 and 8, T109N, R28W of Nicollet County, Minnesota. Wm. G. Wells was the surveyor for this map, which was created in 1856 for proprietor Thomas Gunn. Swan City appears on a map of Minnesota dated 1866, but probably did not survive for very many years beyond that date. It can now be regarded as a part of Lost Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

108. Union City, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1856
Description:
A map showing Union City, including streets, blocks, and lots. The town was located, or was to have been located, in Section 4, T109N, R28W of Nicollet County, Minnesota. Wm. G. Wells was the surveyor for this map, which was created in 1856 for Thomas Gunn, one of the proprietors. Very little is known about Union City, which has not survived. It can now be regarded as a part of Lost Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

109. Map of Duluth Saint Louis Co. M.T. [Minnesota Territory]

Creator:
Relf, Richard
Date Created:
1856?
Description:
References on map read: Duluth is laid out on the head of Minnesota Point under the Town Site Law of 1844 for George E. Nettleton, F.B. Culver, O.W. Rice, William Nettleton and R.E. Jefferson owner and occupants of Town Site. Avenues and Streets are 60 ft. wide, Blocks are 400 ft. long by 200 ft. deep, Lots are 40 ft. front and 100 ft. deep. Upper Duluth to the left and Lower Duluth to the right of Pine Street. Pier at Portage St. is 25 ft. wide the "T" is 140 ft. front. The stone monuments on Pine Street govern the survey. Richard Relf, Surveyor. Horizontal Scale 500 ft. 1 inch, Perpendicular 250 ft. 1 inch.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

110. Portrait of Edwin Clark, St. Anthony, Minnesota

Date Created:
1856?
Description:
Portrait of Edwin Clark, "Father of Melrose," as a young man.
Contributing Institution:
Melrose Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

111. A Bill for the Removal of the Capitol of the Territory or Future State of Minnesota, and for other purposes

Creator:
Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Date Created:
1857
Description:
This document contains the text of a bill that was passed by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1857 to transfer the capital of Minnesota from St. Paul to St. Peter. This document has been determined to have been written at that time, but it is most likely a working copy of the document that was passed by the legislature. Joseph Rolette, a member of the legislature who was opposed to the transfer of the capitol, disappeared with the original bill and failed to return it in time for it to be properly signed by Territorial Governor Willis Gorman, who had, in the meantime, signed a copy of the document that Rolette had taken. Governor Gorman's action was declared to be illegal by a Judge R. R. Nelson, thus ending the attempt to move the capitol.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Statutes

112. Map of City from original platts and surveys on record in the Recorders Office, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Bennitt, Lyman G.
Date Created:
1857
Description:
A map of the City of Winona, Minnesota, in 1857 created by Lyman G. Bennitt.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

113. St. Anthony Village, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857
Description:
A bird's eye view of St. Anthony Village.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

114. The debates and proceedings of the Minnesota Constitutional convention including the organic act of the territory : with the enabling act of Congress, the act of the territorial legislature relative to the convention, and the vote of the people on the constitution

Creator:
Smith, Francis H.
Date Created:
1857
Description:
This volume contains the debates, etc., of the Democratic section of the Minnesota Constitutional convention. The Democratic and the Republican sections of the convention met separately. The constitution finally adopted was the work of a joint committee. This volume is 685 pages and was printed by E. S. Goodrich, territorial printer.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

115. Gorman Park Deed of Conveyance, St. Peter Company to The Public, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Peter Company
Date Created:
1857-01-06
Description:
The St. Peter Company, which helped to promote and establish the community of St. Peter, conveyed to the town's residents through this document the land for a large park. The park is known as Gorman Park, and was named after Territorial Governor Willis A. Gorman, who was a member of the St. Peter Company. The document is dated January 6th, 1857.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Broadsides (notices)

116. Records of the Count Commissioners of the County of Waseca, Minnesota

Creator:
Waseca County Board of Commissioners
Date Created:
1857-02
Description:
More than 350 pages of the first meeting minutes of the Waseca County Board of Commissioners beginning in 1857. Contains the names of officials and the minutes noting the organization of towns, townships, school districts, elections; 335 actual handwritten pages, 25 blank pages, (pp. 341 and 342 are missing); page size: 7 3/4"" x 10 1/2"" handwritten.
Contributing Institution:
Waseca County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

117. Appointment of William B. Dodd as Brigadier General in the Minnesota Territorial Militia

Creator:
State of Minnesota
Date Created:
1857-02-20
Description:
Minnesota's second Territorial Governor, Willis A. Gorman, signed this document that appointed William B. Dodd, one of the founders of St. Peter, as a Brigadier General of the First Brigade of the Second Division of the Militia of Minnesota Territory on February 20th, 1857.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Certificates

118. Appointment of A.P. Buell as a Notary Public in Le Sueur County, Minnesota Territory in 1857

Creator:
Minnesota Territory
Date Created:
1857-08-21
Description:
Samuel Medary, the third Territorial Governor of Minnesota, signed this document appointing A.P. Buell as a Notary Public in the Territory of Minnesota on the 21st of August in 1857. The document states that Buell was a resident of Le Sueur County at the time.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Certificates

119. First Vote Record in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Creator:
McLane, J. N.
Date Created:
1857-13-10
Description:
The first vote recorded in Olmsted County was taken on October 13, 1857. The ballots were tallied and the totals were recorded by J. N. McLane, Clerk of the County Commissioners, on November 2, 1857. Voters cast ballots to determine if the proposed constitution would be accepted and for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Congressmen, Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Judge of the 3rd Judicial District, Attorney, Representatives, Senators, Clerk of District Court and Judge of Probate.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Documents (other)

120. First upper-midwest Benedictine convent succinctly in John Tenvoorde's boarding house (far left), St. Germain and 5th Avenue, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857?
Description:
Early years in St. Cloud (1857-1863). The six Benedictine women (4 sisters and 2 candidates) arrived in St. Cloud from St. Marys, Pennsylvania, earlier than expected; no convent had been prepared for them. John Tenvoorde's boarding house and entertainment hall (on the far left) was rented for ten months as the first convent in the Midwest frontier. Describing this convent, Prior Demetrius di Marogna, OSB, pastor of the German settlers in St. Cloud, wrote: "The house has two rooms and a spacious refectory with a built-on kitchen and above the refectory, a long attic room where ten or twelve school children's beds can easily be placed. Well, garden, and cellar are in the enclosure. But the rent for the year is $250.00...that price is cheap for here." (McDonald, page29) ..In this temporary abode, the sisters took in 6 boarders, and taught music, art, needlework, English, German, and religion to Catholics and non-Catholics in the neighborhood. The following year they were able to move to the renovated St. Mary's Church and Convent (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 27-34).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Drawings (visual works)

121. Itaska village site, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857?
Description:
Boat on the Mississippi River at site of Itaska Village; near county line between Anoka and Sherburne counties.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

122. North Star, the riverboat which brought the Benedictine sisters to St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857?
Description:
Early years in St. Cloud (1857-1863). Mother Willibalda Scherbauer and her companions traveled from St. Marys, Pennsylvania by rail and wagon to Pittsburgh; by river boats on the Ohio River to St. Louis and on the Mississippi River with a stop-over in St. Paul; finally reaching St. Cloud. However, the riverboat, "North Star" was stranded on a sand bar two miles from St. Cloud. After two days, on July 4, 1857, the sisters were taken ashore in small boats. They stopped at the Benedictine monks' college in St. Cloud to enjoy their first meal after three days on the boat without food as they could not afford the price of a meal (50 cents). Then the monks took the sisters to their destination, St. Mary's Parish in the German settlement of Middle St. Cloud. The whole area was desolate having been ravaged by a grasshopper plague. The resulting food shortage and the extreme cold tested the endurance of the sisters during their first years in St. Cloud (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 20-27).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

123. Constitutional convention (1857), Debates and proceedings of the Constitutional convention for the territory of Minnesota, to form a state constitution preparatory to its admission into the Union as a state

Creator:
Andrews, T. F.
Date Created:
1858
Description:
This volume contains the debates, etc., of the Republican section of the Minnesota Constitutional convention. The Democratic and the Republican sections of the convention met separately. The constitution finally adopted was the work of a joint committee. This volume is 624 pages and was printed by G. W. Moore.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

124. Map of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Barton, George
Date Created:
1858
Description:
Map of Minneapolis in 1858 showing streets, land ownership of undeveloped blocks and including a reference to additions to the city.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Zoning maps

125. McQuiston's Addition to Le Hillier City, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1858
Description:
A map showing the community of McQuiston's Addition to Le Hillier City, including streets, lots, and blocks. The Minnesota and Blue Earth Rivers are included. The town was to be located in Section 14, T108N, R27W of Nicollet County, Minnesota. Surveyor C. A. Chapman certified the plat of the proposed community in June of 1858. 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)
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