. 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 . gencies of frontier life made it neces-sary for him to use a large discretion. In Mr. Sibley the coming state made aninvaluable acquisition. He came to Men-dota in 1834 as the agent of the AmericanFur Company, and two years later builtthere the first stone houses in the state,one a residence and one a this time he became a leader in all Schoolcraft and Nicollet. D
. 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 . gencies of frontier life made it neces-sary for him to use a large discretion. In Mr. Sibley the coming state made aninvaluable acquisition. He came to Men-dota in 1834 as the agent of the AmericanFur Company, and two years later builtthere the first stone houses in the state,one a residence and one a this time he became a leader in all Schoolcraft and Nicollet. During the thirties came the last of theexplorers. Henry R. Schoolcraft, in 1832,explored the sources of the Mississippiriver and is entitled to the honor of havingfirst traced the great river to its head andbrought the facts to the attention of geog-raphers. It was Schoolcraft who gave thename Itasca to the main lake in the basinfrom wMch the Mississippi takes its work was verified by Jean in 1836. Nicollet made muchmore careful examinations and surveys,and may be said to have put into scientificform the discoveries of his predecessor. Itwas this Nicollet and not the trader of the. LAKE ITASCA and Nicollets Map, now deposited in theGeneral Land Office, Washington-, D. : 90 miles to an locb. Kluiii NeillB Histhe afifairs of the young community, andlater was called upon to serve the territoryand state in the highest positions in thegift of the people. It has been well saidof him that for many years the historyof his life was the history of a lawyer. Gen. Sibley never prac-ticed his profession, though he did hangout his shingle when he first settled atMendota. thus acquiring the distinction ofbeing the first lawyer of Minnesota. It was not until 1847 that a term ofcourt was held within the present limitsof Minnesota. This was at Stillwater. In1848 the first court house was erected bythe people of Stillwater. toi-
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