Abstract

Contains a historical study of Minnesota newspapers "from 1849, when Minnesota's first paper made its appearance, to 1860, when the telegraph reached the newly established state"--Foreword, page vii.

Abstract The history of America, many historians argue, is the history of its small towns. Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll takes the premise one step further in Norwegians on the Prairie, tracing the development of three midwestern towns whose histories reveal a distinctively ethnic flavor. Benson, Madison, and Starbuck, all located on the western Minnesota prairie, were settled primarily by Norwegians and served as urban centers - railroad hubs, destinations for trade, gathering...

Scope and Contents Illustrations: Survivors who were at Traverse des Sioux at the time of the treaty in 1851: Mrs. Richard Chute, General William G. Le Duc, Mrs. Gideon Pond; with Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris -- Group of contributors taken at a party at the home of Mrs. James T. Morris, May 26, 1915 -- Mrs. Margaret King Hern (St. Paul); Medal (Defender of Fort Ridgely) presented to Margaret King Hern by the State [of Minnesota] in 1896; Late type of Red River Cart, taken in the [Eighteen] Fifties. Earlier...