. 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 . ersof her regiments during the war. ThreeOthers served in various capacities either inMinnesota or Wisconsin regiments, whilemany other of the public men of the stateacquired in the stern school of the army and again by President Harrison, and itwas during his conspicuously able conductof this department that his sudden deathoccurred in 1891. As a financier and pub-licist of wor
. 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 . ersof her regiments during the war. ThreeOthers served in various capacities either inMinnesota or Wisconsin regiments, whilemany other of the public men of the stateacquired in the stern school of the army and again by President Harrison, and itwas during his conspicuously able conductof this department that his sudden deathoccurred in 1891. As a financier and pub-licist of world-wide reputation, and as aman of the highest character. Minnesotahas reason to be proud of him. Three Great Inventions. It must not be inferred from the impor-tant place which is given to railroads inall accounts of the development of Min-nesota, that they were alone responsiblefor the wonderful advances made by theyoung state. Without the railroads prog-ress would indeed have been slow; butwith them and without the energy of the A HALF CENTURY OP MINNESOTA. 33 early business men the development ofMinnesota would have been almost equallydelayed. Three inventions or improve-ments were made during the decade of. WILLI.^M WINDOM. IJnileti States Senator and Secretaiy of the Treasun. 1870-80 which were quickly adopted by thepeople of Minnesota and which played amost important part in the building up ofthe state. These were the middlings puri-fier, the roller flour mill and the self-binding harvester. The first two broughtsuch improvements into the manufactureof flour that the product of Northwesternspring wheat mills took an acknowledgedlead in the worlds markets; the last madeit possible to harvest that spring wheat ata greatly reduced cost, and, with the im-proved processes of milling, made it anactive competitor with all other breadstuflfsthe world over. The fame of Minnesotawheat and ffour went abroad over the landand farmers fiocked to the state to engagein raising No. I har
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