A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
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May 26
| 1780 |
Chief Wabasha, serving as a general in the British Army, leads 200 Dakota in an attack on Spanish positions at St. Louis. This is the only known involvement of Minnesotans in the Revolutionary War. |
| 1861 |
Author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, traveling west to preserve his health, arrives in St. Paul and spends two weeks exploring the flora and fauna of the surrounding area. |
| 1900 |
Dr. Justus Ohage donates Harriet Island, named for schoolteacher Harriet Bishop, to the city of St. Paul. |
 Camp Ripley, a state-owned military reservation in central Minnesota, serves as the primary field training site for the Minnesota Army National Guard. It is one of the largest such installations in the country. |
 As an active member of the Turner movement, Wilhelm Pfaender proposed creating a town in Minnesota Territory specifically for German Americans. Together with other immigrants, he helped to found the town of New Ulm in 1857. |
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