Saturday, July 11, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 11

July 11, 1877 – In the 1870’s there were signs that the life of Fort Ripley was drawing to a close. By 1873 the western frontier was now 500 miles west of Fort Ripley. Even though the Ojibwa didn’t take place in the 1862 outbreak, nervous settlers in the area demanded their removal. Eventually, the Ojibwa were moved north outside the Fort Ripley region and eliminated one of the purposes for a fort in the area. A devastating fire during the night of  January 14 1877 on the north side of the fort complex destroyed the officer’s quarters, the laundresses’ quarters, and storehouse. Rather than rebuild, and with the post no longer being in the “frontier,” Fort Ripley was closed on [this date]. A caretaker was left behind to watch the buildings, and the garrison was removed.”

http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/FORTS/histories/MN_Fort_Ripley_Boulay.pdf




Old Fort Ripley

morrisoncountyhistory.org/?p=5112

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Friday, July 10, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 10

July 10, 19981 - “Pvt. Marshall Sherman of St. Paul captured this flag from the 28th Virginia Infantry at Pickett’s Charge. Many years later the flag came into the possession of the Minnesota Historical Society."




"In June 1998 the flag became the subject of a peaceful, though emotionally charged, disagreement between Virginians and Minnesotans. A Civil War re-enactment group in Roanoke asked the Society to relinquish the flag, citing a 1905 Congressional resolution that ordered the War Department to return all captured Civil War flags in its possession.  Some members of the First Minnesota Volunteer re-enactment group took immediate exception, arguing that the flag should remain in Minnesota to honor the soldiers who fought and died at Gettysburg. In its [July 10, 1998] report on the dispute, the Minnesota Attorney General’s office concluded the Virginia group had ‘offered no persuasive legal reasoning for any claim of right to the flag and [the Minnesota Historical Society] is not legally required to return the flag to it.’”2

1https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.history.war.us-civil-war/ZbLGLlyldwE

2
Minnesota History Center Civil War Exhibit;
March 2–Sept. 8, 2013

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 18, 2014,
as long as acknowledgement included.


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Thursday, July 9, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 9

July 9, 1919 – Among the starving thousands of cattle and sheep being shipped from the parched and brown plains of western states to the excellent pastures of Northern Minnesota, are 2,000 sheep moving from a Utah ranch to Itasca State Park, where they will be used in a forest fire prevention experiment.

State and railroad officials, western ranchmen and land owners from Northern Minnesota met at the capitol to discuss further the movement to avert heavy losses of livestock and to utilize the big forage crops in the northern part of the state. John M. Brander, Montana marketing agent, arrived for the conference from Thief River Falls, where he opened emergency offices through which to place western ranchers in touch with land owners desiring to lease pastures or take stock for feeding on shares. Figures on the extent of the stock movement will then be made available.

W. T. Cox, state forester, arranged with a Utah rancher to ship his flocks of sheep to Itasca State Park in an experiment to determine if they will clear out the grass, weeds and other growth sufficiently to reduce the danger of forest fires. Cox has made other attempts to carry out the experiment, but this is the first time he succeeded in prevailing upon an owner to send his sheep.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Pasturing Sheep in Itasca State Park Will Be Tried by Forestry Department as Prevention Against Fire.”; July 09, 1919; p. 1.








http://www.tourmoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_8479.jpg
http://hiawathabeach.com/images/thingsToDo/itasca.jpg


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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 8

July 8, 1925 – “During an exhibition on Lake Pepin, Ralph Samuelson made the first water ski jump using a greased 4' x 16' ramp.”

http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/waterskiing.htm




Ralph Samuelson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Samuelson

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 7

July 7, 2011 – St. Louis Park, Minn., teenager Michael Swanson, 18, was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Kum & Go convenience store clerk Sheila Myers in Humboldt (Carroll County), Iowa.  Later in the day he pled guilty to “first-degree murder and robbery in the shooting death of Vicky Bowman-Hall, 47, in Algona and was sentenced to a second life sentence to run concurrent with the sentence from Humboldt County.”

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/mn-teen-will-serve-two-life-sentences-for-iowa-slayings/article_10a63e9a-a8c7-11e0-b292-001cc4c03286.html




Mark Swanson

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/06/21/SWANSON_TRIAL_Testimony_has_begun_in_the_first_murder_trial_/
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Monday, July 6, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 6

July 6, 2007 – “Justin Morneau becomes just the fourth Twins Player to hit 3 home runs in a single game when he accomplishes the rare feat in game 2 of a doubleheader at U.S. Cellular Field. The Twins take two from the mighty whitey’s winning the first game 20-14 and winning 12-0 in the second game. This is the first time a Twins player has accomplished this feat since Tony Oliva did so in 1973.”

http://twinstrivia.com/today-in-twins-history/


Minnesota Twins Photo Day

Justin Morneau
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/jblIwGwXZo1/Minnesota+Twins+Photo+Day/kzTrEw_rGeT/Justin+Morneau


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Sunday, July 5, 2015

On this Date in Minnesota history: July 5

July 5, 1863 – “During the third day’s battle at Gettysburg, the First Minnesota faced Confederate General Pickett’s famed charge. In the fight leading to the repulse of Pickett’s troops, Aaron [Greenwood, one of two men from Minnesota claiming to be the first man to volunteer for the Union cause], was mortally wounded. The ball entered his head, finally lodging in his shoulder. He lay exposed on the field all night.

On Saturday, July 4th, he was found and taken to the field hospital. He died [on this date]. Aaron was buried on the battlefield along with many others. Nineteen days later his father arrived, taking him home, where he was buried in the Jerusalem Union Church Cemetery, in Wernersville, Berks County, PA.”

http://firstminnesotafilms.org/2011/12/featured-soldier-josias-king-and-aaron-greenwald/





Aaron Greenwood

http://firstminnesotafilms.org/2011/12/featured-soldier-josias-king-and-aaron-greenwald/

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