Minnesota

Synopsis

Minnesota is an in depth historical exploration of its settlement and civilization written by William Watts Folwell.  Though there has been already material on this available in many forms, the author of this book had the advantage of accessing many original resources which were not with the his predecessors who has written about Minnesota. Divided into twenty chapters the author takes the reader right from the French period to what Minnesota is today.  

Excerpts

The word Minnesota was the Dakota name for that considerable tributary of the Mississippi which, issuing from Big Stone Lake, flows southeastward to Mankato, turns there at a right angle, and runs on to Fort Snelling, where it empties into the great river. It is a compound of “mini,” water, and “sota,” gray-blue or sky-colored. The name was given to the territory as established by act of Congress of March 3, 1849, and was retained by the state with her diminished area.

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