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This Day in Minnesota History

January 10, 1823

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ISBN: 0873514165
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The Virginia is the first steamboat to reach Fort St. Anthony (later Fort Snelling), having made the 729-mile-trip from St. Louis in twenty days. Among the Virginia's passengers is Italian adventurer Giacomo C. Beltrami.

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First published: July 1, 2015
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