. A half century of Minnesota as territory and state; a concise account of the principal events in the period of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and during the half century of territorial and state government . entatives brought so clearly beforethe members the actual state of affairs inthe northwest that there was no furtheractive opposition to the creation of a newterritory, and on March 3d, 1849. the or-ganic act was passed. But for more than tory and state; who was to serve Minne-sota in many honored positions; who wasto take an active part in the affairs of thenation and who. surv
. A half century of Minnesota as territory and state; a concise account of the principal events in the period of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and during the half century of territorial and state government . entatives brought so clearly beforethe members the actual state of affairs inthe northwest that there was no furtheractive opposition to the creation of a newterritory, and on March 3d, 1849. the or-ganic act was passed. But for more than tory and state; who was to serve Minne-sota in many honored positions; who wasto take an active part in the affairs of thenation and who. surviving many of hiscontemporaries, was to live to see half acentury of Minnesotas progress and re-joice in the wonderful development whichhas taken place in the span of one mansactive life. This was Alexander Ramsey,who was a practicing lawyer in , when he was appointed governor ofMinnesota Territory by President four days after his arrival in Min-nesota he issued a prorlamation declaringthe territory duly organized. The otherofficers were: C. K. Smith, of Ohio, sec-retary; A. Goodrich, of Tennessee, chiefjustice; D. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, andB. B. Meeker, of Kentucky, associate jus-. A HISTOIUCAL BUILDING. The Central House, St. Paul, where the first Minnesota Territorial Legislature met. It wa? erected in l*}.t,at the corner of Minnesota and Bench Streets. a month the people of the new territorywere in ignorance of the success of theirplans. In those days the Mississippi riverwas the only route from the east and, asnow, the Mississippi was solidly frozen un-til well along in the spring. On April9th the first steamer of the season to forceits way through the ice, rounded the bendbelow St. Paul, and by repeated blasts ofits whistle announced the news that Min-nesota had come into being. Governor Ramseys Arrival. On May 27th, 1849, there arrived at a man who was to have a very largepart in shaping the career of the new terri- tices; Joshua L.
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