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This Day in Minnesota History

January 23, 1855

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A cable suspension bridge opens between Minneapolis and Nicollet Island (Wita Waste). The first permanent span over the main channel of the Mississippi River, it could be crossed by paying a toll of three cents (one way) or five cents (round trip) per human foot-passenger, fifteen cents per horse, and two cents per head for sheep.

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