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   Franklin Steele (c. 1813 – September 10, 1880) was an early settler of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania , of Scottish descent, Steele worked in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania , post office as a young man, where he once met President James Buchanan .

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   • Died: September 10, 1880 (aged 67), Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

   • Born: 1813, Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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3. discoverthecities.com › who-founded-minneapolisThe crazy, true story about the men who founded Minneapolis ...

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   Nov 11, 2020 · Enter Franklin Steele. Franklin Steele was a shop keeper at Fort Snelling who got wind of the commander’s plan to grab the land. Before anyone knew what happened, Steele rushed to the vacant land, allegedly building a cabin via moonlight, and officially claimed the land as his own. 1848: Franklin Steele officially buys the first half of the ...

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   Jun 1, 2021 · Franklin Steele. Franklin Steele came to the Minnesota territory in the 1830s and was soon nicknamed “the Father of Minneapolis”, but have you heard of him? Pull up a chair and let me tell you why not. In 1834, Steele arrived in St. Croix in search of lumber.

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6. www.mnopedia.org › multimedia › franklin-steele-1856Franklin Steele, 1856 | MNopedia

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   Description. Franklin Steele was Fort Snelling's sutler, and made a fortune by staking claim to the eastern side of St. Anthony's Falls and building sawmills and a toll-bridge on the site of what would soon be Minneapolis. With the help of Congressman Henry Rice, his former assistant sutler, he purchased the 8,000 acres of land surrounding the ...

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   Franklin Steele was a land speculator. In 1857, he bought 8,000 acres of land surrounding Fort Snelling. The US government had decommissioned the fort because it had served its purpose. The financial panic of 1857 meant Steele couldn’t sell the land. He made more than $100,000 renting the land to the government during the Civil War.

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   Why did Franklin Steele buy Fort Snelling?

   • Franklin Steele was a land speculator. In 1857, he bought 8,000 acres of land surrounding Fort Snelling. The US government had decommissioned the fort because it had served its purpose. The financial panic of 1857 meant Steele couldn’t sell the land. He made more than $100,000 renting the land to the government during the Civil War.

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   Who was Frederick Steele?

   • Frederick Steele was born on January 14, 1819, in Delhi, New York, the son of Nathaniel Steele III and his second wife, Dameras Johnson. Frederick Steele never married or had children. Little is known of Steele’s early years. He entered West Point in 1839.

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   Who is Frankie steel?

   • Frank "Frankie Steel" Pontillo made the statements at a sentencing in Brooklyn federal court -- before the same judge he asked leniency of because the FBI traumatized his Yorkie puppy during a January 2010 raid. The Daily News reported the Wednesday exchange between Pontillo and Judge I. Leo Glasser:

   Hulking gangster Frank "Frankie Steel" Pontillo complains

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   What was Fort Snelling known for?

   • In 1917, more than 2,500 soldiers graduated from officer training camps at Fort Snelling. They faced new weapons, like poison gas and machine guns, in World War I. In September 1918, Fort Snelling was designated General Hospital 29. Workers treated influenza victims and wounded soldiers.

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   1. Franklin Steele Marker. Inscription. A young Pennsylvanian won the race to grab land at the Falls of St. Anthony after the area was opened to settlement in 1838. Franklin Steele, the sutler (civilian storekeeper) at Fort Snelling, staked his claim in a moonlight caper that beat out the fort's commander. Handicapped by lack of capital, he was ...

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    The dam and sawmill began operating on September 1, 1848. The sawmill ran 24 hours a day, six days a week, and turned out approximately half a million feet of lumber by the end of that year. Unfortunately, the sawmill burned down in 1870. And in 1887, the replacement mills that were built at the foot of 3rd Avenue SE did as well.