The federal government oversaw the surveying, mapping and parceling of Minnesota in the early to mid-1800s when it was still an unsettled territory. An act of Congress in 1786 created the General ...

When Minnesota became a state, carved out of the territory in 1858, it retained its eastern border, little straight line and all. [raw] var mapMNBorder = L.map(‘map-mn-border’).setView([46. ...

The Minnesota Historical Society has many such maps, with plans for pre-statehood towns like Alhambra, Glen-Carrie, Saint Nicholas, Oneka, Fortuna and Nininger, Minnesota, none of which ever lived ...

Maps show that the Minnesota Territory was vast, extending through most of North and South Dakota and even part of Nebraska. Territorial governor Alexander Ramsey also wanted to lay claim on a ...

Description of Minnesota Territory. Share full article. BY the Late Henry S. Sibley. Nov. 10, 1852; Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The Treaty of Paris (1783) ended the American colonial Revolutionary War against Britain, and determined the boundaries of the United States, including the future Minnesota territory.