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This Day in Minnesota History

January 20, 1823

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Jesse Reno is born in Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1853, General Reno surveyed the military road from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Mendota, a route of 279 miles. He was killed in the Civil War.

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First published: July 1, 2015
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