On This Date in Minnesota History: May 10

May 10, 1823 - The Virginia is the first steamboat to reach Fort St. Anthony (later named Fort Snelling), having made the 729-mile-trip from St. Louis in 20 days. Among the Virginia 's passengers is Italian explorer and adventurer Giacomo C. Beltrami.¹

The explorer is best known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States (later expeditions determined a different source, however). Beltrami County in Minn. is named after him.<sup>2


1</sup>http://www.mnopedia.org/thisday

²https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Beltrami

Giacomo C. Beltrami

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Beltrami#/media/File:GCBeltrami.jpg

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