On This Date in Minnesota History: May 7

May 7, 1857 – On this date, “the steamer Frank Steele landed with about 60 to 70 families of settlers from Cincinnati at a place a quarter of a mile directly south-east from this point”: 110 – 20^th South; New Ulm, Minn.

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain May 7, 2014,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

This was the Steele’s first voyage to Minnesota. Its passengers “were members of the Cincinnati Turnverin who planned to join the new German colony at New Ulm.”<sup>1

1</sup>“Steamboat Pioneer; The Early Career of William F. Davidson” by Robert C. Toole;  http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/36/v36i07p250-258.pdf

The steamer Frank Steele is the middle ship.

https://wiki.cincinnatilibrary.org/index.php/Frank_Steele