Minnesota in 1840s-1860s
mn studies project by:Cameron Riddle
Take advantage of the beautiful land before it's gone
There is more than twenty million acres of land.The country is filling up fast.Leave your land that is harmful and come to tremendous Minnesota.Leave your cruel land and move to the amazing territory that is Minnesota.
People in Minnesota
I can truthfully say that I don't regret coming here.Most people who lived in Minnesota were Dakota and Ojibwe. By the 1860s the majority of the population was European Americans.Harriet Bishop was the first school teacher.Even maids don't have to work in fields.
Pictures and description
Steamboat
Steamboat was one of the most common way to get to Minnesota.
Minnesota Territory
What Minnesota looked like when it was a territory.
Steamboat
Steamboat was a way for the immigrants to go get to Minnesota.
Sickness and transportation,and fun facts
Sickness and transportation
No ague or fever here.Oxcart was a common use for transportation by the 1840s.
Fun facts
Minnesota became a territory in March 3rd 1849.
Minnesota became a state in May 11th 1858.
And Minnesota didn't have as much people to become a state.