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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declares Minnesota's first Thanksgiving Day. He cites good crops; no hurricanes, droughts, or diseases; and friendly relations between Native Americans and settler-colonists as worthy reasons to give thanks.
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