History of Minnesota - Wikipedia
网页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. Early economic growth was based on fur trading, logging, milling and farming, and later through railroads and iron mining.
Minnesota - Native American, Fur Trade, Pioneers | Britannica
网页4 天之前 · Until the middle of the 19th century, two major peoples occupied what is now Minnesota: the Ojibwa (also called Chippewa or Anishinaabe) in the north and east and the Dakota in the south and west. Between the time of European exploration and statehood, the Ojibwa occupied the forested areas of the state and pushed the Dakota southward and ...
网页Minnesota ratifies the 19th amendment (women's suffrage) to the United States constitution. A tornado strikes Fergus Falls, Minnesota killing 59. 1920 Minnesota authors receive international recognition. Main Street, written by Sinclair Lewis, earns national recognition as he takes a critical look at his hometown of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
The Fur Trade - Minnesota Historical Society
网页By 1823, the American Fur Company controlled the fur trade across much of present-day Minnesota. The company’s headquarters was at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, at a post called New Hope, or more commonly called St. Peters. Today it is called Mendota, derived from the word Bdote.
Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899–1920 - MNopedia
网页The growth of cities and industry in the late nineteenth century brought sweeping changes to American society. Minneapolis and Saint Paul grew rapidly. Urban labor provided new opportunities for Minnesotans as well as new challenges.
9 Wheat, Pine, and Iron: The Late Nineteenth Century
网页During the last decades of the 19th century entrepreneurial vision, industrialization, and a massive workforce began harvesting northern Minnesota’s mineral wealth. The range provided a hungry nation iron from which it smelted …
Lumber Industry in Minnesota | Minnesota Digital Library
网页2020年10月2日 · Most 19th-century lumber companies cut down all of the trees in an area, a process also known as clear-cut logging. How did that transform the landscape? How does that affect an area's environment?
Territorial era of Minnesota - Wikipedia
网页At the beginning of the 19th century many parts of the Minnesota area were already well traveled by British and French explorers. Though the region's population was mostly Native American, there were important British trading posts in the area with many European and mixed-race settlers, particularly in the north. [ 21 ]
3 Early Minnesotans: The Dakota and Ojibwe - mlpp.pressbooks.pub
网页The Ojibwe are sometimes called the Anishinabee today and had been referred to as Chippewa in 19th-century US government documents. After a centuries-long migration, Ojibwe people arrived in what would become Minnesota during the 17th century. The Ojibwe played an important, middlemen role in the …
Contact Period / Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist
网页The Contact Period is named for the initial contact between Europeans and Indians in Minnesota. It is a time dominated by the economy of fur trading, first by the French, then the British, and finally Americans. It is also a time of great tribal movements.
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