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The "Gopher State" moniker, by which the state today is widely known, was selected in the mid-19th century as a means to create an identity for the state. Though some believed that "Beaver State" should be selected instead as more dignified, a political cartoon featuring a gopher soon solidified "Gopher State" as the more well-known identity.
The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, [1] until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and the western portion became unorganized territory and shortly after was reorganized as part of the Dakota Territory.
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The monument is the same size as the one the State put up for the men of the 5th Minnesota that died at Ridgely. Dedication to Chief Mou-Zoo-Mau-Nee and the Mille Lacs band. In 1895 the Minnesota legislature authorized $3,000, roughly $102,000.00 in 2020 dollars, for the construction of a monument to the Minnesota citizens who had defended the ...
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Bilansky was the only woman hanged by the state of Minnesota, but 26 men were hanged after her. [201] The federal government executed the 38 Sioux men hanged during the Dakota War. [ 201 ] ) In 1906 the hanging of William Williams was botched in St. Paul, and ended up being a strangulation that took 14 minutes. [ 201 ]
The Minnesota Territorial Prison, later the Minnesota State Prison, was a prison in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, in operation from 1853 to 1914. Construction of the prison began in 1851, shortly after Minnesota became a territory. [2] The prison was replaced by the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater in nearby Bayport.
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