Monday, March 18, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 18


March 18, 1858 - Established by an act of the legislature, Becker County was approved on this date. “It was named for Brigadier General George Loomis Becker of St. Paul. In 1857, when Minnesota was a new state, Becker was one of three men elected as members of Congress. Minnesota could only send two, so Becker stayed in Minnesota, and authorities promised him they would name the next county after him. Thus, when the county was formed, it was named Becker after the General.”
http://www.co.becker.mn.us/our_county/history.aspx



Brigadier General George Loomis Becker

Birth: Feb. 4, 1829; Locke, Cayuga County, NY, USA

Death: Jan. 6, 1904; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., USA


Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1856-1857

Namesake of Becker County, Minn.



Burial: Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., USA


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30807573




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