Saturday, March 8, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 8

March 8, 1901 - In Leroy, (Mower County) Minn., there is much talk over a threatened visit by Mrs. Carry Nation. It seems some friends of Carey, the proprietor of the Senate Saloon, wrote a letter, with Carey’s consent, to Mrs. Nation, asking her to come and smash the Senate. Mrs. Nation took the matter seriously and replied she was about to be released from jail and would come up and “smash” the objectionable saloon.

This, it seems, frightened Carey, and he immediately wired or wrote her not to come. A letter has now been received by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union from Mrs. Nation, saying she has been asked by Carey, the owner of the Senate ”murder-shop,” to come and “smash” his saloon and that if it is no trick she will come and do it and also give a lecture. Much excitement has been created and there is no little anxiety among local saloonkeepers.

The Minneapolis Journal; ”Jokers ‘Called’ by Mrs. Nation”; March 08, 1901,
p. 1




Mrs. Carry Nation

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carry_Nation,_1910.JPG



Friday, March 7, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 7

March 7, 1950 – “The Crash of Flight 307 - March 7, 1950 at 9:02 PM During its approach through a blinding snowstorm, NWA Flight 307 clipped its left wing on the flagpole at Ft. Snelling Cemetery. Captain Donald Jones struggled to maintain altitude as he circled around for another attempt. The wing detached completely above the Washburn Water Tower, causing the plane to crash into the Doughty family home directly across from this spot. The resulting explosion and fire destroyed the house and severely damaged two adjacent dwellings. Children Janet and Tommy Doughty, upstairs in bed, were killed along with ten passengers and the three crew members.

Joseph V. Breitwieser • Robert C. Buhmann • Mathilda Debeck • Janet Doughty • Tommy Doughty • Donald B. Eberhart • Helen Overlien Hott • Donald B. Jones • Mary Alice Kennedy • William B. Lampert • Robert N. Lohn • William T. McGinn • Dora Nolder • Emery E. Oliver • Charles H. Pafford”

http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=56011




Northwest Flight 307 Memorial Marker
http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=56011


Thursday, March 6, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 6

March 6, 1857 - Dred Scott v. Sandford was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on this date.  “Delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, this opinion declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts. In addition, this decision declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.”1

Dred Scott and his wife Harriet’s lawsuit claimed that because they had lived from 1836 to 1840 at Fort Snelling in Minn. with their owner,
Dr. John Emerson, Fort Snelling’s surgeon, and in other free territories, they should therefore be granted their freedom.2

1http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DredScott.html
2http://www.historicfortsnelling.org/History/slavery-fort-Snelling




Dred Scott
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DredScott.jpg




Wednesday, March 5, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 5

March 5, 1853 – Established on this date, Fillmore County was named for U.S. President Millard Fillmore (1850 to 1853), who retired “from office on the day previous to the approval of the act creating this county.”

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 190.




President Millard Fillmore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Millard_Fillmore_at_National_Portrait_Gallery_IMG_4491.JPG


Tuesday, March 4, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 4

March 4, 1857 – Organized on this date with Albert Lea as the county seat, Freeborn County “was named in honor of William Freeborn, member of the Council in the Territorial Legislature” from 1854 to 1857.

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 198.



http://www.eddiecochran.info/Gallery/Albert_Lea.htm


Monday, March 3, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 3

March 3, 1891 – “Ely, a city on the Vermilion range, platted as a village in 1887, incorporated as a city [on this date], was named in honor of Arthur Ely, of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the financial promoters of the construction of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad, which was opened to traffic here in July, 1888. He also was prominent in the development of the iron mines at Tower.”

http://genealogytrails.com/minn/stlouis/history.html



https://twitter.com/Ely_Minnesota

Sunday, March 2, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 2

March 2, 1949 – Melrose, Minn.-native Captain James Gallagher and his 14-man crew aboard the Lucky Lady II landed their bomber back in the United States on this date after making the first nonstop round-the-world flight. In the air for 94 hours, the plane had taken off from Carswell Air Force Base in Ft. Worth, Texas, on Feb. 26. The aircraft averaged 249 miles per hour and was refueled four times in the air by B-29 tanker planes during its historical 23,452-mile flight.

http://98country.com/category/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/page/3/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Lady_II

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ilucky-lady-iii-begins-nonstop-global-flight




Captain James Gallagher and family

Stearns History Museum archives
http://98country.com/category/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/page/3/