List of History Information Collected/Printed as of January, 2023

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List of History Information Collected
Katie Rubatt, katierubatt@gmail.com
January 10, 2023

• Timeline for the Upper Midwest Region that became MN Territory and how it was divided
(Minnesota’s Territorial History; my notes from YouTube videos entitled, Territorial Evolution of the United States)
• Maps: (of Territory Boundaries; proposed state boundaries and information regarding these.)

o 1805 – A ‘new” map of Part of United States of N. America Exhibiting the Western Territory, Kentucky, PA, Maryland, Virginia & Co.; also, ‘Lakes’ Superior and Michigan.
o 1849 – Minnesota Territory Showing the Original Counties
o 1850 – Map of Minnesota Territory by J.H. Young
o 1854 – Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin and Territory of MN, General Land Office
o 1855 & 1856 Territory Map, Joseph Hutchins Colton
o 1860 – Sectional Map of the Surveyed Portion of Minnesota and the North Western Part of Wisconsin
o 1861 – Johnson’s Minnesota and Dakota Map
o 1862 – County Map of MN, Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.

• Minnesota Atlas of Historical Boundaries compiled by Gordon DenBoer
o Lists the Authorized and Creation Effective Dates of the Counties in Minnesota
o Counties that were established by the MN Territory beyond the present limits of the state. This includes Big Sioux and Midway Counties in 1857.
o ***Lists counties established within present Minnesota by other authorities
o Counties authorized by MN Legislature but rejected by voters in local referenda
or for other reasons
o A consolidated chronology of State and County Boundaries from 1763 – 1861
o Territorial, State and Federal Censuses in MN from 1840 – 1990
o Census Outline Maps for Minnesota 1850 – 1860
o Chronology and Maps of MN in Territorial Organization1787-1858

• Minnesota Statehood Editorials
o This includes articles of magazines/newspapers from when MN Declared Independence and a history called The Emergence of the North Star State
• The Organic Act of 1849 to become a Territory
• The Enabling Act for a State of MN with Secretary of State’s Notes regarding the bill proposed by Henry Rice
• Article by William Anderson called “A Statehood Centennial Feature, Minnesota Frames a Constitution”
• Booklet by Rhoda R. Gilman called, “How Minnesota Became the 32nd State”
• Minnesota Constitutional Convention, 1857
• Both the Democrat and Republican versions of the Constitution of the State of MN
• 1858 Congressional Act for the Admission of Minnesota into the Union
• Booklet presenting the Minnesota Press Reaction to the Capital Removal Attempt called
Utterly Blind, Stupid and Absurd

• Pages from the MN Legislative Manual of 1889 listing the Table of Contents and Officers
Of the MN Territory with names and dates
• Example of a Law of Minnesota Regarding a Ferry across the Missouri River
• Joint Resolution regarding the Sioux and Winnebago Reservations in 1858
• 1858 General Index listing General Laws – some examples listed:
o Proposing an Amendment to the constitution
o Authorizing a loan to the state of 250,000
o Relief of the creditors of the State
o Transfer of records from territory to the state courts
o To extend the laws of the State over all the Indian Tribes within the boundaries of the State, and to confine them to their own lands
o To provide for the creation and regulation of Corporations
• Miscellaneous copies of microfiche articles regarding learning about the statehood of MN
• Handwritten copies of 1850 and 1860 census of the “subdivisions in the District of Minnesota
• Personal Politics in the Origin of Minnesota’s Democratic Party - Article by Erling Jorstad
• Organic Act of 1861 for the Dakota Territory
• Booklet: “State Claims Northwest Territory”, and Senate Congressional Record of Virginia’s Cession of the Northwest Territory in 1784 – claiming part of MN (Northeast Portion)
• History channel information regarding the Louisiana Purchase and it’s changing of hands
• An appendix to the MN session Laws of 1858 (Regular Session) Annual assessment of surveyors for the Register of Deeds regarding names, property values for taxation purposes
• A listing of An Act to Incorporate certain towns in the Territory and provide governments within the same
• A physical copy of: The 1895 Legislative Manual of Minnesota (my personal copy)