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This Day in Minnesota History

January 15, 1838

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The US Senate ratifies treaties with the Ojibwe and Dakota that formally transfer ownership of the land between the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers to the federal government. Squatters quickly claim land in St. Paul and Marine on St. Croix.

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