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This Day in Minnesota History

August 9, 1820

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The Dakota transfer land on Pike Island to Pelagie Faribault, wife of Jean Baptiste Faribault. The Faribaults build a house and live on the island until 1826, when they are evicted because, although the land grant was part of a treaty negotiated by Colonel Henry Leavenworth, Congress had never ratified it.

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