| Show the story of our states stat es by PIT JONATHAN BRACE MINNESOTA M MINNESOTA I 1 SOTA rf iq V fig formed partly from a portion A of the northwest North territory and partly by the northeast section of the louisiana purchase it was the MIs jle river which was the dividing line between these two largo territories the eastern section was ceded by franco france to great britain in 1703 1763 and beca became ince a part of the united states at the end of the revolution by the treaty of paris parts in 1783 the north northwest est ter wae un organized by con grecs mas four years later then as tills this great grent federal domain became settled and waa was gradually era dually into states the eastern part of the present state of min desota belonged in turn to the territories of indiana michigan and wisconsin As to the he western portion of the state tills this was nas a part of the louisiana purchase which was bought from france by the united states in 1803 As thir region became subdivided west ern AlInne minnesota sota formed a n par of the territories Teril of Loal Louls slann laren missouri and iowa lova the first to pen pent to minnesota was the french explorer duluth who in lei 1078 1678 built a fort on lake super joeand lor and there established n h ver ier ext extensile ensle fur trade two ears lnor later rather lre and two to companions were ant by ln sallo to explore tho the upper mississippi sis sippi and reached the palls falls of st anthony where minneapolis now stands but it was not un til tit the nineteenth century that permanent settlements were made in 1822 1 the first mill was built at the falls fallis of st anthon 3 where M here were destined to arise such important successor som in 1841 father fattier gaider built a it chapel dedicated to st paul and this was the foundation of the present great city of that name As to the name minnesota the state was so called from the river that rone runs through it which in the dakota indian language makes the tho words minna blinne meaning water and 1 meaning sky colored sometimes tho the state ie Is called tit the north star state from the motto on ita its coat of arma minnesota was admitted to the union in 1858 its area Is 81 GM square miles and it Is tin most important of our wheat producing states it has twelve presidential clec electors tors vp 5 by mcclure mccure meat |
