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Immigration to Minnesota began after the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux opened the land for white settlement [107] in a land grab described as "pell mell". [108] In the 1850s, settlers moving onto Minnesota lands formerly inhabited by Native Americans created a population explosion of 2,831% (by far the nation's fastest). [ 109 ]
A Popular History of Minnesota. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87351-532-3. A Popular History of Minnesota. Robinson, Doane (1904). A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians. Vol. 2. South Dakota State Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-217-34024-3. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St.
The Minnesota Territory was formed on March 3, 1849, encompassing the entirety of the present-day state of Minnesota and the majority portions of modern-day North and South Dakota east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers. [2] At the time of formation there were an estimated 5,000 settlers living in the Territory.
Dakota War of 1862. United States. The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War, was an armed conflict between the United States and several eastern bands of Dakota collectively known as the Santee Sioux. It began on August 18, 1862, when the ...
The first Norwegian settlement in Minnesota was Norwegian Ridge, in what is now Spring Grove, Minnesota. Another such settlement was the 1851 colony in Goodhue County, Minnesota. They soon settled in Fillmore County as well. By 1860, half of Minnesota's 12,000 Norwegians resided in Goodhue, Fillmore, and Houston Counties. Ten years later, these ...
Ruins of the 1861 house of influential Minnesota settler Joseph R. Brown (1805–1870). Also associated with native–white relations, white settlement and reservation establishment on the upper Minnesota River, and the outbreak of the Dakota War of 1862. [112] Now the Joseph R. Brown State Wayside. [113] 3: Heins Block: Heins Block: August 8, 2001
Minnesota's religious landscape is also diverse, having evolved significantly over its history. The area's first Christian influence came from Catholic missionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries. 19th-century European settlers, especially Scandinavians, established Protestant denominations, particularly Lutheranism.
Minnesota's settlement and organization were influenced by three factors: force, as it was conquered by European powers and later the United States; accident, as some European settlers arrived following the fur trade and American civilians drifted into the territory seeking opportunities; and choice, as the American settlers in the territory decided to establish a civil society.