Thursday, May 10, 2012

Today in History - May 11, 1858 - Minnesota Enters the Union

Minnesota Enters the Union - May 11, 1858

  Today in History, Minnesota, the 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' enters the Union. The Native American tribes, the Ojibwe and the Dakotas lived in this land, and around 1820, the white people began to settle the land. Minnesota became a U.S. territory in 1849.
Source: History.com - Minnesota Enters the Union

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