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This Day in Minnesota History

January 7, 1794

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Construction begins on Ash House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the mouth of Rainy River. The two-story log house, with oiled parchment windows and a clay and stone chimney, is completed a month later.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: July 1, 2015