Thursday, August 9, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 9

August 9, 1842 - “The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed [on this date], settled the Canadian-American boundary from the Atlantic to the Lake of the Woods. The St. Louis River was retained for the United States.”
Carroll, Francis M.; Crossroads in Time; The Carlton County Historical Society (Cloquet, Minn.,1987); page 37.

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