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This Day in Minnesota History

January 31, 1853

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Isaac I. Stevens and his surveying crew leave Minneapolis to plot a rail route to Puget Sound. In 1870 the Northern Pacific Railroad followed this route.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: May 31, 2023