What to see in America . was named by FatherHennepin, who had beentaken thither, a captive,by a party of Indian buf-falo hunters in 1680. The government estab-lished Fort Snelling, in1819, on a bluff six milesbelow these falls on thewest side of the Mis-sissippi just above themouth of the IVIinnesota River. Here the first ^he State House at St. Paul marriage ceremony in Minnesota was performed, the first white child born, andthe first school taught. On the other side of the MinnesotaRiver there developed the little hamlet of INIendota, inhab-ited by French and half-breeds with their Indian wiv
What to see in America . was named by FatherHennepin, who had beentaken thither, a captive,by a party of Indian buf-falo hunters in 1680. The government estab-lished Fort Snelling, in1819, on a bluff six milesbelow these falls on thewest side of the Mis-sissippi just above themouth of the IVIinnesota River. Here the first ^he State House at St. Paul marriage ceremony in Minnesota was performed, the first white child born, andthe first school taught. On the other side of the MinnesotaRiver there developed the little hamlet of INIendota, inhab-ited by French and half-breeds with their Indian wives and children. In 1821 soldiersfrom the fort built a saw-mill on the west side ofthe falls, where nowstands one of the greatestflouring mills in the land on that side wasa military reservation notopen to settlement, and aman named Parrant, whoattempted to establish hishome there, was drivenoff by the soldiers in went down the rivera few miles and built aThe Falls of Minnehaha whisky shanty on the east. 262 WTiat to See in America side near the streamlet that issues from Fountain hut was the beginning of the present city of St. next year the village of St. Anthony was organized onthe east side of the falls, and in 1851 a little hamlet calledMinneapolis came into being on the opposite shore. Bothat length became cities, and in 1872 they consolidated underthe name of the latter. Since then Minneapolis has beenthe largest place in the state. With its magnificent waterpower it has grown into an important manufacturing center,and its location on the eastern edge of the great prairies ofMinnesota and Dakota has made it the primary wheatmarket of the world. The city has more than fifty grain storage elevators,with an average ca-pacity of a millionbushels each. Thetwenty-five flourmills turn out everyworking day an aver-age of over 55,000barrels — enough tofill 275 freight requires the yieldof 6,000,000 acres tosupply their annualoutput. A
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