Welcome To Minnesota
Kate Westerberg
come on over to minnesota!!!
I think that steamboats are the best way to come to Minnesota, because they run every season except for winter because of the ice on the water. The steamboat carries people and your supplies. If you don't like where you live and you like the supplies, then bring it all to us.
facts about MInnesota
- Many of Minnesota's white settlers came from New England by railroads and steamboats to get to their new homes.
- Many of these new arrivals came to Minnesota with hopes of owning their own land and being their own boss.
- We made an agreement with the Dakota to give up their land in southern Minnesota. They did this with the Treaty of Sioux and Mendota.
- Minnesota appealed to New England and Europe because it's landscape was similar to the places that they had left behind.
- Minnesota was known as the New England of the west.
Harriet Bishop
Harriet Bishop is one of the many reasons that we have education for our children. She opened her little schoolhouse for the first day of school. It was the first school in St. Paul. She led several organizations that raised money for community projects. She is a great role model.
Alexander Ramsey
Alexander was the first territorial governor and the second state governor. He convinced the Indians to give up there land in Minnesota. He was appointed by the president of the united states. Henry Sibley and him were the ones who made a treaty with the Dakota to give up their land in southern Minnesota in 1851,
Henry Sibley
He played an important role in Minnesota history. He was the first governor of the state of Minnesota. He was a fur trader, politician and territorial representative. He was Minnesota's most powerful fur trader. "No treaty can be made without our claims being first secured."
place of high interest
Fort Snelling helped the United States fur trade from the British and would keep peace among the Indians. It was a military base, but the soldiers were not there to fight. They were there to enforce the U.S. laws related to the fur trade.
Quote
"Minnesota has a very healthy climate, beautiful country and natural scenery and with its clean, fresh air it reminds me strongly of the northern part of Germany," said Wenzel Petran.
A Quote By Kate Westerberg
"We may be the 32 state but we are still as much a part of America then the first state. We are a family and no one state is more important than any other"