On This Date in Minnesota History: May 10

May 10, 1823 - First mail-carrying steamboat, the Virginia, based in St. Louis, reaches Fort Snelling.
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 9

May 9, 1921 – “Daniel Berrigan was born in Virginia, Minnesota. An author and a radical Catholic priest, Berrigan wrote about social responsibility and played an active role in the antiwar movement during the Vietnam era and later protested nuclear armament.

His brother Philip, also a radical priest, was born October 5, 1923.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 8

May 8, 1908 – “Pat Hurley, said to be a cook at Gilbert, lost both legs at 7:30 o'clock this morning at Pettit, a station between Eveleth and Sparta, by being run over by a Duluth & Iron Range freight train. He was taken to the More hospital at Eveleth, where his right leg was amputated near the hip and the left leg just above the ankle.”  Hurley died of his injuries on May 11 and was “taken to the Virginia cemetery for interment.”
http://www3.gendisasters.com/minnesota/3534/pettit,-mn-train-accident,-may-1908

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 7

May 7, 1889 – “The first [railway] trip from Red Wing to Rochester was made on [this date].”
http://www.cityofgoodhue.com/about.htm

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 6

May 6, 1896 – “Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the present capitol building in St. Paul.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 5

May 5, 1968 – Norway’s King Olav visited Duluth and Superior, Wis., in his tour of the United States. His visit to the U.S. is the first by a King of Norway.
Duluth Sunday News-Tribune; “Norway’s King Olav Regarded as Model, Popular Monarch’; Duluth, Minn.; May 5, 1968; p. 1.

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 4

May 4, 1898 – “In response to America’s declaration of war on Spain, dozens of Washington County men [volunteered] to join the Minnesota Thirteenth Regiment, Company K for the Spanish–American War. They [were] encamped at the St. Paul fairgrounds, quartered four to a stall in stock barns. During their encampment, thousands of visitors stop by to see them off.”
http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/encampment-thirteenth-minnesota/