Franklin Steele

Franklin Steele, 1856

Franklin Steele was Fort Snelling's sutler, and made a fortune by staking claim to the eastern side of St. Anthony's Falls and building sawmills and a toll-bridge on the site of what would soon be Minneapolis. With the help of Congressman Henry Rice, his former assistant sutler, he purchased the 8,000 acres of land surrounding the recently decommissioned Fort Snelling from the federal government for $90,000 in 1857, hoping to make a profit selling prime land situated between Minneapolis and St. Paul. While the Panic of 1857 put these hopes on hold, he made more than $100,000 by renting the property back to the government during the Civil War.

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac, 1913–1914. Mary holds her dog, Chum. From "Etchison's Story is Unshaken Under Severe Grilling," Minneapolis Journal, January 11, 1916, 1. Mary and Chum exited the same car on the night of November 28, 1914, and fell to their deaths from a cliff. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society with permission from the Minneapolis Journal.

Fred Barker, 1930 mugshot

Fred Barker

Fred Barker when he entered the Kansas State Penitentiary, where met Alvin Karpis. Photograph by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930.

Fred Barker in 1931.

Fred Barker

Fred Barker in 1931.

Black and white photograph of Fred Barker, 1931. Photographed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Fred Barker

Fred Barker, 1931. Photographed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Fred LeQuier, President of the International Workers Association.

Fred LeQuier, President of the International Workers Association.

Fred LeQuier, President of the International Workers Association and organizer of the Timber Workers Union c.1930. LeQuier (also spelled Lequier) was the first president of the Timber Workers Union, when it was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.

Sound effects artist Fred Newman creates sound with his mouth and other everyday objects during a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from Macalester College in St. Paul, July 2015. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.

Fred Newman

Sound effects artist Fred Newman creates sound during a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from Macalester College in St. Paul, July 2015. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.

Fred Price

Fred Price

Fred Price during his trial for the murder of his wife, Mary Fridley Price, in 1916. From "Unfriendly Kinfolk Cooked Wife-Slayer's Goose," Minneapolis Morning Tribune, November 28, 1954, 42. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Fred Veilleux, Ojibwe composer and musician talking with Gary Fife in the sound studio of MIGIZI's "First Person Radio"

Fred Veilleux and Gary Fife

Fred Veilleux, Ojibwe composer and musician, talking with Gary Fife in the sound studio of MIGIZI's "First Person Radio" at 2300 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photograph by Randy Croce, 1983.

Black and white photograph of Fredrick McGhee, c.1910.

Frederick (or Fredrick) L. McGhee

Fredrick McGhee, ca.1910. McGhee was an attorney and civil rights leader in St. Paul. He led the effort to establish a chapter of the NAACP in Minnesota.

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