# Minnesota, the North Star State

Author: Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47725

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Minnesota%2C+the+North+Star+State+Folwell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The word Minnesota was the Dakota name for that considerable tributary of the Mississippi which, issuing from Big Stone Lake, flows southeastward to Mankato, turns there at a right angle, and runs on to Fort Snelling, where it empties into the great river. It is a compound of “mini,” water, and “sota,” gray-blue or sky-colored. The name was given to the territory as established by act of Congress of March 3, 1849, and was retained by the state with her diminished area.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minnesota-the-north-star-state-47725/chapters/18/index.md)