On This Date in Minnesota History: February 9

February 9, 1984 – Marjorie Congdon Caldwell Hagen was sentenced “to two years and seven months in prison and fined $10,000 for setting fire to her former home [in Mound, Minn., on September 15, 1982] and then trying to collect insurance on it.”

News-Tribune & Herald; “Marjorie Hagen draws prison term”; Duluth, Minn.; February 10, 1984; p. 1A.

Marjorie Congdon Caldwell Hagen

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 8

February 8, 1887 – “Congress passed the Dawes Act, named for its author, Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law allowed for the president to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.”¹

“The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society. Individual ownership of land was seen as an essential step. The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land ‘excess’ to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.”<sup>2

1</sup>http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/fed-indian-policy/

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

Henry L. Dawes

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 7

February 7, 1966 – “The Duluth City Council Planning Committee approved rezoning an 18-acre site in the Duluth Heights neighborhood from residential to commercial to accommodate construction of the 540,000 square foot Miller Hill Mall Shopping Center.”

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

http://www.yelp.com/biz/miller-hill-mall-duluth

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 5

February 5, 1924 - The Milford Mine on the Cuyuna Range (Crow Wing County) was the location of the worst mining disaster in Minn. A new tunnel was blasted too close to nearby Foley Lake, and water rushed in, killing 41 miners. 

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

https://www.vipbro.pw/media/Bm9Ip_KBfZw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7abLrN5giI – YouTube video

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 4

February 4, 1902 - Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born on this date in Detroit, Mich., but spent most of his childhood in Little Falls, Minn., and Washington, D.C. 

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

Charles Lindbergh

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 3

February 3, 1809 - Congress creates the Illinois Territory, which includes all of present-day Minnesota east of the Mississippi River.

http://www.mnopedia.org/thisday

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3215239

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