Monday, March 26, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 26


March 26, 1902 – A train load of emigrants was held up in the St. Paul Union Depot yards by the health department today because of the presence of a case of smallpox aboard, and the victim was taken to the pest house.

The fact that there was a case of smallpox aboard was discovered while the car was en route to St. Paul and when the train pulled into the yards the department was ready for it. The emigrants and their belongings were bundled out of the car, and while one set of men thoroughly fumigated the train, another set tackled the wandering travelers and compelled them to submit to being vaccinated.

The train was en route to Washington where the emigrants will take up homesteads.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Had Smallpox. Emigrant Train Held Up and Victim Taken to Pest House.”; March 27, 1902; p. 2.


St. Paul Union Depot

http://www.mnopedia.org/structure/st-paul-union-depot

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