Saturday, March 12, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 12

March 12, 1910 – “Without money and without price” the famous Mendota home of Governor Henry H. Sibley, the first executive of Minn., was passed into the hands of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)—the gift of Archbishop John Ireland on behalf of the Roman Catholic church.


Sibley House, Mendota, Minn.1

Governor Sibley’s home, the first mansion built in the wilderness of the territory of Minn., had been eagerly sought by many others. The Grand Army of the Republic, the State Historical Society and many other organizations offered large sums for the historic limestone building, but to no avail.

It remained for the St. Paul chapter of the DAR to receive it as a free gift after they had tendered a substantial offer. The chapter formally turned it over to the state DAR organization today.

The Sibley house and grounds are famous in Minn. history, and as such, will house treasured relics of the revolution and the state. It will be a combination of a state and national museum for the repository of the best of history-making mementoes. The place is doubly interesting in that at one time it was considered the logical executive office building of the capitol.

On April 19, 1910, the house was officially turned over to the DAR.


The first stone house erected in the State of Minnesota by its first Governor, Gen. Henry Hastings Sibley. Secured in 1910 for the St. Paul Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution from St. Peter's Parish of Mendota—by—Mrs. Lucy Shepard MacCourt. Presented to the State Society D.A.R. April 19, 1910.1
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On January 10, 1972, the Sibley house was named to the National Register of Historic Places.

In May 1997 the DAR turned the ownership of the Sibley Historic Site to the State of Minnesota and the management to the Minnesota Historical Society.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
; “Historic Sibley Home Given Away by Church. Archbishop Ireland Presents the Famous Mansion to Daughters of Revolution. House of First Governor of Minnesota Sought by many Societies.”; March 13, 1910; p. 1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibley_House_Historic_Site

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Friday, March 11, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 11

March 11, 1893 - Wanda Gag, author and artist, was born in New Ulm, Minn., on this date. Her childhood home is open to tours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ulm,_Minnesota





Wanda Gag1



Gag House2

1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wanda_Gag_1.jpg

2Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 31, 2012, as long as acknowledgement included.  

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 10

March 10, 19881Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, the roadside attractions on the southern entrance to the town of Bemidji, Minn., were placed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date.  “The statues have been hailed by the Kodak Company as the ‘second most photographed statues in the United States,’ behind only Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.”2

1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Beltrami_County,_Minnesota

2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan_and_Babe_the_Blue_Ox




Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=39d45f4c-b200-4573-a093-9f77c3fbaff3&gid=3

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 9

March 9, 1915 – Mrs. Iva Charleswood, St. Paul, was named the driver of St. Paul’s first jitney bus today by T. J. Finney, who will shortly put into service a touring car between downtown St. Paul and the Midway District.

Mrs. Charleswood announced that she would apply at once for a license with the State Chauffeurs Board. She says she does not know much about the internal mechanism of a car, but she does know how to drive; she’s been taking lessons for a week.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Woman the Chauffeur for First Jitney Bus to Run in St. Paul”; March 10; 1915; p. 2.



Jitney Bus
http://philadelphiawwiyears.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jitney.jpg

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 8

March 8, 1862 – Clay County, Minn., was established on this date, and organized April 14, 1872. It was “named for the greatly admired statesman, Henry Clay, of Lexington, Kentucky.”

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 114.




Henry Clay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Clay.JPG

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Monday, March 7, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 7

March 7, 1959 – American professional golfer Tom Lehman was born in Austin, Minn., on this date. “He is the only golfer in history to have been awarded the Player of the Year honor on all three PGA Tours: the regular PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour.”

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




Tom Lehman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TomLehmanPentagonVisitCrop.jpg

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 6

March 6, 1971 – “Northern States Power Company’s (NSP) nuclear power plant at Monticello began generating electricity at 2:30 a.m. [on this date] – five years after NSP publicly announced that it would apply for an Atomic Energy Commission permit to build the $100 million plant.”

Monticello Times; “Nuclear plant now produces power”; March 11, 1971; p. 1.



Nuclear Power Plant at Monticello, Minn.
http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/08/xcel-energy-defends-665mn-monticello-plant-project.html

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