On This Date in Minnesota History: September 14

September 14, 1805 – “Lieutenant Zebulon Pike left Fort Bellefontaine on August 9, 1805, with orders to find the source of the Mississippi. On [this date], he reached the Mississippi Valley near island number 72 (on his map), which would one day be Winona, Minnesota, and recorded his impressions in his log.”
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Lieutenant Zebulon Pike
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