On This Date in Minnesota History: September 14

September 14, 1907 – “Boilermakers and helpers employed by five [railroads] operating out of St. Paul, went on strike” this morning at 8 o’clock “following the refusal of the general managers to grant the increase of wages demanded. The men walked out simultaneously from shops extending from Chicago to Montana, and the men say railroad boiler shops as far as North Pacific coast points will be closed. The officers of the union in St. Paul claim that 2,600 men are affected by the order, while railroad officials place the figure at 1,200.”

“The [railroads] so far affected are: Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Soo, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha and Chicago Great Western.”  

Tower Weekly News; “Boilermakers Out on Strike, General Managers Refuse to Grant Increase in Wages Asked.”; September 20, 1907; p. 3.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: September 13

September 13, 1977 - The Elbert L. Carpenter House located in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn., was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date.¹ “It was designed by notable local architect William Channing Whitney in the Colonial Revival style.

The house is significant not only for its architecture, but also for its resident, a businessman in the lumber industry. He helped to organize the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Minnesota Orchestra. The Minneapolis Labor Review noted, "it was to him that everyone looked when stringent times in the world of work, trade and finance brought stringent times to the world of music. He never failed to respond with both financial support and ingenious plans for getting the Symphony through the storm of every depression."<sup>2 

1</sup>http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=77000738
²http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_L._Carpenter_House

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 13, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included. 

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 12

*September 12, 1956 – “A statue of Albert Woolson, the last survivor of the Union Army, was dedicated on this date by the Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.”¹

“Woolson enrolled to serve one year in the Civil War. He was discharged September 27, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, as a private of captain Calvin Reaves’ 1st Regiment of Minnesota Heavy Artillery Volunteers. [He] was the last survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic and died in Duluth at St. Luke's hospital on August 2, 1956, at age 109.”²  

“The Grand Army of the Republic/Albert Woolson Memorial is located on the east side of Hancock Avenue in Ziegler’s Grove in Gettysburg National Military Park, north of the Angle.”<sup>1

1</sup>http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCPT0_Albert_Woolson_Statue_Gettysburg_PA
²http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

Statue of Albert Woolson, the last survivor of the Union Army
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http://civilwarsaga.com/albert-woolson-the-last-civil-war-veteran/

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 11

September 11, 1971 – “The first Minnesota Renaissance Festival opened at Lake Grace in Jonathan [Minn.]. One of the largest of its kind, the festival [now] operates from a permanent encampment near Shakopee.”    

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf

Minnesota Renaissance Festival Gates, Shakopee, Minn.




Juggler Entertainment


Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 11, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

Love, love, love the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! Go every year!

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 10

September 10, 1961 – “The Minnesota Vikings played the Los Angeles Rams in preseason action at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN, on [this date], the team’s first game in the Twin Cities. The Rams defeated the Vikings, 21-17.”

http://www.vikings.com/team/history/timeline.html

Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minn.
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On This Date in Minnesota History: September 9

September 9, 1862 - Minn. Governor Alexander Ramsey declared “that ‘The Sioux Indians of Minnesota must be exterminated or driven forever beyond the borders of the state.’ The treatment of Dakota people, including the hanging in Mankato and the forced removal of Dakota people from Minnesota, were the first phases of Ramsey's plan.”

http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/hanging.html

Minn. Governor Alexander Ramsey

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On This Date in Minnesota History: September 8

September 8, 1909 – “Five premature babies, ‘all of good birth,’ as the lecturer assures his audiences, are already in the infant incubators of the [Minnesota] state fair, and as a feature of universal human interest the incubator holds its own, for from the moment the doors of the cottage where the babies are housed opened to the public a goodly crowd of spectators has been maintained.”

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/category/state-fair