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4 unusual facts about Minnesota Territory


Justus Ramsey Stone House

He was the older brother of the first governor of Minnesota Territory, Alexander Ramsey.

Lenora Methodist Episcopal Church

The Minnesota conference of Methodism was organized in 1845, well before Minnesota became a territory in 1849.

Minnesota State Highway 74

Highway 74 follows, in part, an old route which was one of the first public roads in the Minnesota Territory.

Shepard Road/Warner Road

The first assembly of the Territorial Legislature of the Minnesota Territory was held on June 1, 1849 in a hotel that was on Shepard Road.


Point Douglas-St. Louis River Road Bridge

When Minnesota became a territory in 1848, there were few land transportation routes other than the Red River Trails, although water transportation was possible along the rivers.


see also

John Watrous

John S. Watrous (died 1897), politician from the Minnesota territory

Moses K. Armstrong

Armstrong later moved to Yankton, then a small Native American village, in Dakota Territory, when Minnesota Territory was admitted as a State.