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- History of Minneapolis
- So, Who Founded Minneapolis?
- More About Minneapolis Founder #1: Franklin Steele
- More About Minneapolis Founder #2: John H. Stevens
In order to understand who founded Minneapolis, you first have to understand just how crazy property rights were back in the wild-west era of the 1800s. First off, after “negotiating” the land from Native Americans, most of the area around Minneapolis existed in a weird no-man’s land. It was simply owned by the government and had literally never be...
All that to say that from 1838 to 1872, Minneapolis was founded by two clever settlers named Franklin Steele and John Stevens. Both men used some interesting techniques to take advantage of 1800s property rights and claim first settlement on present-day Minneapolis. Both would also go on to leave an impressive legacy on the city of itself.
Franklin Steelewas born in 1813 in Pennsylvania. He traveled to Minnesota in 1838, the same year he started working as a shop keeper at the Fort and foiled Joseph Plympton’s crooked plans to settle the east side of Minneapolis. His half mile claim of the St. Anthony riverfront meant he also grabbed power rights to the water rushing through St. Anth...
What about the first official resident of Minneapolis? Well, John Harrington Stevenswas actually born in Brompton Falls in Quebec, Canada. He eventually joined the U.S. army and fought in the Mexican American War, achieving an unofficial ranking of Colonel. Soon after, he started his ferry service and built the first house in present-day Minneapoli...
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