Part 64 (1/2)

Odell had been a soldier, but on beingcame to St Paul He died in 1879 We have raphical sketches Crittenden went to Crow Wing and represented the Twenty-first district in the first state legislature Denoyer married a sister of Louis Robert and in 1850 removed to Belle Plaine

David Faribault was a son of Jean Baptiste Faribault He now resides in Dakota Banfil removed to Manomin, and represented his district as senator in the first state legislature

The writer of these sketches visited St Paul in 1846, and was entertained at Jackson's hotel, which he well reh, with store and post office in the east end, a dining roo rooms in the rear The hotel stood on a ronificent view of the river and valley Louis Robert's tamarack pole store was located east of Jackson's, under the bluff, and directly on the bank of the river, a good stea in front West of Jackson's was J W Simpson's store, and still further west the store of Faribault & Co, beyond which were two s the river Still further west, Alexander McLeod was building a handsoround stood the Catholic church On the next plateau the store of W of John R

Irvine There were two residences on a plateau a short distance north of Jackson's hotel There were in all five stores, one tavern and a feellings, s A few United States soldiers and Indians were lounging about the stores, some drunk, some sober Such was St Paul in 1846 The settlers of 1847 were Jacob W Bass, Harriet E Bishop, Benj W Brunson, Dr J J Dewey, G A Fonrnier, Simeon P Folsom, W H Forbes, Aaron Foster, Daniel Hopkins, Parsons K

Johnson, C P V Lull, and W C Renfro Bass and Johnson had been in the lu at St Paul Mr

Bass leased a hotel on the corner of Third and Jackson streets, known as the St Paul House He was appointed post warehouse on the levee Mr

Brunson was a surveyor, and, assisted by his brother, Ira B, laid off the town plat of St Paul, also a plat known as Brunson's addition, in the fall of 1847 He was a islatures, and justice of the peace for several years

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Miss Bishop was one of the coanized the first permanent day school and the first Sunday-school in St Paul The school house was a cabin on the corner of Third and St Peter streets Miss Bishop, later Mrs McConkey, was the author of a valuable book of frontier sketches entitled ”Floral Homes” She died in 1884

Of Mr Forbes raphical sketches Aaron Foster came from Stillwater He was a carpenter by trade He t Mortiraphical sketches Dr Dewey, the first practicing physician in St Paul, was a islature, and established the first drug store in Minnesota

Parsons Johnson, a descendant on his , the first of his trade in St Paul He was a islature

Cornelius V P Lull was a carpenter He served as sheriff in 1849, and still lives in the city Daniel Hopkins engaged in generalHe died in 1852 W O Renfro, a cousin of Henry Jackson, had studiedhabits The winter after his arrival he wandered forth, suffering from _mania a potu_, and froze to death near the bend in Phalen's creek

This year was ular stea The steao was purchased for the trade M W Lodas ned to make weekly trips, but sank before the close of the season, and the Dr Franklin was purchased to take her place the ensuing year St Paul had not increased largely in population this year One hotel and tellings had been built So, and there wasclaims The prospective separation of Minnesota into a territory, and the opening of the country for settleave a new impetus to business The Wisconsin convention for the adoption of a state constitution was held Dec 13, 1847 Its effects, however, were not greatly felt until toward thethe prominent accessions in 1848 to the population were Henry M

Rice, Henry C Rhodes, David Olmsted, W D Phillips, E A C Hatch, Bushrood W Lott, W H nobles, Nathan Myrick, A H Cavender, Benjamin F Hoyt, William Freeborn, David Lambert, W C Morrison, Lot Moffett, and W D Brown Of these Rice, noble, Hoyt and Myrick are referred to in biographical sketches Mr Olmsted was a trader, and in the su Prairie, whither the Winnebagoes had removed He was a member of the first and second territorial councils, and the first mayor of St

Paul, in 1854 He removed to Winona in 1855, and died in 1861 Olmsted county, Minnesota, is named in his honor W D Phillips, better known as ”Billy” Phillips, was a somewhat eccentric character who passed for awhile as a lawyer in St Paul, and in 1856 drifted off into a clerkshi+p at Washi+ngton, since which ti has been heard of hient to the Blackfeet Indians by President Pierce in 1856 In 1863 he was commissioned as major in the volunteer service, and acquitted hiy he captured the insurgent Indians, Shakopee and Medicine Bottle, ere hanged at Fort Snelling in 1865 He died in 1881 H O Rhodes was engaged in trade with David Olo A H

Cavender was a blacksonmaker on Robert street in 1849

Wm Freeborn was quite a prominent citizen and member of the town council He is better known as one of the founders of Red Wing, to which place he removed in 1853 He represented his district in the territorial councils of 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857 He removed to California in 1862 Freeborn county is named for him David Lambert, a pro man of pro from a delirious paroxysm induced by drink, he jumped froinally cao, Galena, Dubuque, and other places and lastly to St Paul, where he is widely and favorably known as a business man Lot Moffett will be remembered as the builder and proprietor of the picturesque heap of rocks known as ”Moffett's Castle,” where he kept a temperance hotel for several years He was a , white beard He was known as an honest, kind hearted, benevolent man He died in 1870 W

B Brown came from Wisconsin and purchased the corner on which the Warner block now stands He died soo To enumerate the accessions to the population in 1849 would require more space than we are allowed The fact that St Paul was this year designated as the territorial capital brought in a great nu house keepers, builders and adventurers Heretofore Mendota had seeation It also aspired to be the capital of the new territory Senator Douglas, chairman of the committee on territories, favored Mendota Gen Sibley, the territorial delegate, favored St

Paul, and earnestly solicited the senator to yield, which, along with the personal appeals of H M Rice, finally secured his acquiescence, and the bill to form Minnesota Territory, with St Paul as its capital, finally passed March 3, 1849 The news, however, did not reach the capital until April 9th, it having been brought up on the Dr Franklin, No 2, the first boat of the season

On May 27th the newly appointed governor, Alexander Ra able to obtain accommodations in St Paul went for the time to Mendota, where they were entertained by Hon H

H Sibley Every succeeding boat was croith erants A newspaper was an immediate necessity The first steps had been taken the year before by Dr A Randall, of Owen's Geological Survey Dr

Randall was not immediately able to carry his project into effect, and not till April 27, 1849, did the proister_, appear The first copy had, however, been printed at Cincinnati teeks earlier Of this paper Maj John P Oas publisher

The first number of the second paper in the city was issued April 28th This was the St Paul _Pioneer_, James M Goodhue, publisher and editor These papers and others established later becaress of the city, and invaluable as historical documents

The first nu date of April 28, 1849, contains e nate as the earliest news We cull a few items that resston, Rev E D

Neill's removal to St Paul, and that the latter would preach the following Sabbath at the school house

An editorial paragraph calls attention to the fact that the _Pioneer_ is printed in a building situated on Third street near Robert, and that the building has five hundred apertures through which the daylight is strea the tidings of the passage of the bill organizing Minnesota Territory, is announced The steaer and excited citizens, whose shouts re-echoed ast the adjacent hills

Arrival of steamers Cora and Dr Franklin, No 1, is announced

The following advertise of the early settlers: