The history of Minnesota is the story of a U.S. state shaped by its original
Native American residents, European exploration and settlement, and the
emergence of industries made possible by the state's natural resources.
Minnesota achieved prominence through fur trading, logging, and farming, and
later, railroads, flour milling and iron mining. While those industries
remain important, the state's economy is now driven by banking, computers and
health care. Fort Snelling played a pivotal role in Minnesota's history and
in the development of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The earliest
known settlers followed herds of large game to the region during the last Ice
Age. They preceded the Anishinaabe, the Sioux, and other Native American
inhabitants. Fur traders from France arrived during the 1600s. Europeans,
moving west during the 1800s, drove out most of the Native Americans. Fort
Snelling, built to protect United States territorial interests, brought early
settlers to the area. Early settlers used Saint Anthony Falls for powering
sawmills in the area that became Minneapolis, while others settled downriver
in the area that became Saint Paul. Minnesota became a part of the United
States as the Minnesota Territory in 1849, and became the 32nd U.S. state on
May 11, 1858. (more...)
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