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Title: The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

Author: Charles E. Flandrau

Release Date: June 2, 2008 [EBook #25677]

Language: English

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THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA
AND
TALES OF THE FRONTIER

[Illustration: State Seal of Minnesota, ca. 1900]

[Illustration: Chas E Flandrau]

The History of Minnesota
AND
Tales of the Frontier.

BY

JUDGE CHARLES E. FLANDRAU

PUBLISHED BY
E. W. PORTER,
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
1900.

'A MA PUISSANCE'
THE PIONEER
PRESS
SAINT PAUL
MDCCCXLIX

Dedication.

To the Old Settlers of Minnesota, who so wisely laid the foundation of
our state upon the broad and enduring basis of freedom and toleration,
and who have so gallantly defended and maintained it, this history is
most gratefully and affectionately dedicated by the author.

Charles E. Flandrau.

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.

The original design of this history was, that it should accompany and
form part of a book called the "Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota."
It was so published, and as that work was very large and expensive, it
was confined almost exclusively to its subscribers, and did not reach
the general public. Many requests were made to the author to present it
to the public in a more popular and readable form, and he decided to
publish it in a book of the usual library size, and dispose of it at a
price which would place it within the reach of everyone desirous of
reading it. As the history is written in the most compendious form
consistent with a full presentation and discussion of all the facts
concerning the creation and growth of the state, it was estimated that
it would not occupy sufficient space in print to make a volume of the
usual and proper size. The author therefore decided to accompany it with
a series of "Frontier Stories," written