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John Harrington Stevens (1820–1900) was the first non-Native resident on the west side of the Mississippi River in present-day Minneapolis. He operated a ferry across the river before the construction of the first Hennepin Avenue Bridge and subsequently became a colonel in the U.S. Army. He later served in the Minnesota Legislature.
Jun 19, 2012 · Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller by Mary Lovering Holman, 1948, Privately printed at the Rumford Press edition, in English
Oct 16, 2008 · Photographed By Keith L, October 16, 2008. 1. John Harrington Stevens House Marker. Inscription. Built in 1850, this was the first house on the west bank of the Mississippi, located at Saint Anthony Falls near the present-day Minneapolis Post Office. John H. Stevens received permission to occupy the site, a part of the Fort Snelling military ...
Jun 30, 2022 · Stevens was a U.S. Army Colonel who was dispatched by Fort Snelling commander Franklin Steele to settle on the west bank of the Mississippi opposite of St. Anthony (a village on the east bank of the Mississippi that existed from 1838 through 1872 when Minneapolis annexed the village) to serve the purpose of operating a ferry service from the ...
Thehome of John H. Stevens in Minnehaha Park, a sprawling city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Colonel Stevens was the first settler in the area, west of the Mississippi River. His home became the center of social and political gatherings to the point that it became known as "The Birthplace of Minneapolis". Hennepin County United States ...
Jun 11, 2012 · Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller ... Stevens family, Miller family, Stevens, John H. (John Harrington), 1820-1900, ...
Col James M. Warner. 151st Ohio: Col John M. C. Marble. 13th Michigan Battery: Lt Charles Dupont. 14th Michigan Battery: Cpt Charles Heine. 9th New York Heavy Artillery (detachment) 1st Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion: Maj Joseph M. Knap. 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D: Cpt William M. Buckley.
