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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Englishman George Featherstonhaugh reaches Fort Snelling. He had been hired by the US War Department to explore the geology of the Upper Midwest. He continues up the Minnesota River to Lake Traverse, and in 1847 he published the book A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor.
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