Resources
Mdewakanton Band of the Dakota Nation
Mdewakanton Band of the Dakota Nation (Part II)
Minneapolis Becomes Part of the United States
Naming of Minneapolis
Falls of St. Anthony
Websites
Early History - General Resources
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Anderson, Gary Clayton. Kinsmen of another kind: Dakota-white relations in the upper Mississippi valley, 1650-1862.
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St. Paul, MN.: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997.
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Atwater, Isaac. History of Minneapolis.
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New York, Munsell Pub. Co., 1895.
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Blegen, Theodore Christian. Minnesota: a history of the State.
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2nd ed. [Minneapolis]: University of Minnesota Press, c1975.
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Brings, Lawrence Martin. Minneapolis, city of opportunity.
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A century of progress in the Aquatennial city, 1856-1956. Official commemorative book sponsored by the Minneapolis Aquatennial Association and the Minneapolis Centennial Committee. Minneapolis, Denison [1956].
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Compendium of history and biography of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota.
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Maj. R. I. Holcombe, historical editor. Chicago, H. Taylor & co., 1914.
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Folwell, William Watts. A history of Minnesota.
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[Rev. ed.] St. Paul, Minneapolis Historical Society, 1956-1969.
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Hennepin, Louis. Father Louis Hennepin's Description of Louisiana, newly discovered to the southwest of New France by order of the king.
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[Minneapolis] Pub. for the Minnesota Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the University of Minnesota press, 1938.
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Hudson, Horace Bushnell. A half century of Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis: Husdon Pub. Co., 1908.
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Legacy of Minneapolis: preservation amid change.
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1st ed. Bloomington, MN: Voyageur Press, c1983.
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Making Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858.
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Anne R. Kaplan and Marilyn Ziebarth editors. St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1999.
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Northern Lights.
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St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, c1989
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Preservation plan for the City of Minneapolis: phase I.
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[Minneapolis, Minn.] Heritage Preservation Commission [1990]
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Shutter, Marion Daniel. History of Minneapolis, gateway to the Northwest.
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Chicago, Minneapolis, Clarke Publishing Company, 1923.
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Stipanovich, Joseph. City of Lakes: an illustrated history of Minneapolis.
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Woodland Hills, Calif.: Windsor Publications, Inc. 1982.
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Through Dakota eyes; narrative accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862.
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St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1988.
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Upham, Warren. Minnesota place names: a geographical encyclopedia.
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3rd ed., rev. and enlarged. St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2001.
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Warner, George E. History of Hennepin county and the city of Minneapolis.
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Mpls., North Star Pub. Co., 1881.
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Early History - Specific Resources
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Anfinson, Scott F. Archaeology of the central Minneapolis riverfront.
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Bromley, Edward Augustus. Minneapolis album: A photographic history of the early days in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis, F.L. Thresher [c1890]
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Durand, Paul C. Ta-ku-wa-kan ti-pi= Dwelling place of the gods: the Dakota homeland in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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Prior Lake, MN: The author, c1982.
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Durand, Paul C. Where the waters gather and the rivers meet: an atlas of the eastern Sioux.
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Prior Lake, MN: P.C. Durand, c1994.
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Hansen, Marcus Lee. Old Fort Snelling, 1892-1938.
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Minneapolis, Ross & Haines, 1958.
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Hughes, Thomas. Indian chiefs of southern Minnesota: containing sketches of the prominent chieftains of the Dakota and Winnebago tribes from 1825-1865.
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Mankato: Free Press, c1927.
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Kane, Lucile M. The falls of St. Anthony: the waterfall that built Minneapolis.
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St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1987.
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Kane, Lucile M. Twin Cities: a pictorial history of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1983.
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Lanegran, David A. The lake district of Minneapolis: a history of the Calhoun-Isles community.
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St. Paul: Living Historical Museum, c1979.
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Petersen, Penny A. Hiding in plain sight: Minneapolis' first neighborhood.
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Minneapolis, MN: Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association/NRP, [1999]
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Pond, Samuel William. Two volunteer missionaries among the Dakotas, or the story of the Labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond.
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Boston and Chicago, Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, [c1893].
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Riggs, Stephen Return. A Dakota-English dictionary.
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St. Paul: Minnesota History Society Press, c1992.
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Saint Anthony Falls rediscovered, the architectural heritage of Minneapolis's St. Anthony Falls historical district.
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Minneapolis: Minneapolis Riverfront Development Coordination Board, 1980.
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Stevens, John Harrington. Personal recollections of Minnesota and its people: and early history of Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis: [Tribune Job Ptg. Co.], 1890.
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Twin Cities.
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[Minneapolis, Minn.: Bill Dorn Asssociates].
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Zellie, Carole. Geographic features and landscape change at Saint Anthony Falls.
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St. Paul, Minn.: Landscape Research, [1989].
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Materials available in the Special Collections Department
Special Collections, 3rd floor of the Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, 612/630-6350, email: specialcollections@mplib.org
Vertical Files
- Biography: Bottineau, Pierre
- Biography: Cloud Man
- Biography: Eastman, Charles
- Biography: Eastman, Mary
- Biography: Eastman, Seth
- Biography: Grey, Elsie
- Biography: Hoag, Charles
- Biography: Pond, Samuel
- Biography: Stevens, John H.
- Biography: Taliaferro, Lawrence
- Houses: Stevens, John
- Indians: History
- Minneapolis: History
- St. Anthony Falls
Map Collection arranged by date geographic coverage: i.e. Minneapolis or Hennepin County of Metro area or Lakes.
Indexes and magazines covering local history, publications include Hennepin History Magazine, Minnesota History, and Roots
Photograph Collection over 30,000 photographs pertaining to Minneapolis, its residents, buildings, events arranged by name, subject, date.
Neighborhood newspapers
Suggested searches by subject in our Catalog
Early History
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