All the western states and territories . ore than anything else, perha])S, induced emigration. Though a man ofsome glaring faults, one of the counties properly bears his name. On the 28th of April, heissued the first number of the Pioneer. On the 27th of May, Alexander Ramsey, the governor, and family arrived at St. Paul,but, owing to the crowded state of the public houses, immediately proceeded in the steamerto the establishment of the fur company known as Mendota, at the junction of the Minne-sota and Mississippi, and became the guest of the Hon. H. H. Sibley. For several weeks there resided
All the western states and territories . ore than anything else, perha])S, induced emigration. Though a man ofsome glaring faults, one of the counties properly bears his name. On the 28th of April, heissued the first number of the Pioneer. On the 27th of May, Alexander Ramsey, the governor, and family arrived at St. Paul,but, owing to the crowded state of the public houses, immediately proceeded in the steamerto the establishment of the fur company known as Mendota, at the junction of the Minne-sota and Mississippi, and became the guest of the Hon. H. H. Sibley. For several weeks there resided, at the confluence of these rivers, four individuals who,more than any other men, have been identified with the public interests of Minnesota, andgiven the state its present character. Their names are attached to the thriving counties ofRamsey, Rice, Sibley, and Steele. As unto the bow, the cord is, So unto the man is the woman. Though she bends him, she obeys liim, Though aho draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the Fort Snelling, originally called Fort St. Anthony, is a noted point in th( history of Minnesota. Itstands on a lofty bluff, 5 milesabove St. Paul, on the westbank of the Mississippi, at thejunction of the Minnesota, andon the north bank of the lat-ter. It is composed of largebarracks and numerous edifices,surrounded by thick to the organizationof Minnesota, in 1849, it wasthe only important point northFort sneiltno. of Prairie du Chien, and was for years the rendezvous of missionaries, of scientific explorers, and of mer-cantile adventurers, on their way to the Dakotahs. The scenery at thispoint, up the valley of the Minnesota, is surpassingly beautiful. The fortwas named from Col. Snelling. He was a brave officer of the war of 1812,and particularly distinguished himself at Tippecanoe and Brownstown. Hedied in 1828. In Feb., 1819, the war department ordered the 5th regiment of infantry to concaitrateat Detroit, for the purpose of
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