Collage in shape of wreath showing Minnesota's Senate and Governors Alexander Ramsey and Henry H. Sibley

Collage of Minnesota's Senate, 1859

Minnesota Senate with Governors Alexander Ramsey and Henry H. Sibley, 1859.

Anna Earl Jenks Ramsey

Anna Earl Jenks Ramsey, ca. 1850–1855

Photograph of Alexander Ramsey and his son

Alexander Ramsey and Alexander Ramsey Jr.

Alexander Ramsey and Alexander Ramsey Jr., ca. 1850.

Portrait of Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey, ca. 1850.

Photograph of Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey, ca. 1848.

Ramsey, Alexander (1815–1903)

Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota’s first territorial governor (1849–1853), second state governor (1860–1863), and a US senator (1864–1875). Although he directly contributed to the founding and the growth of Minnesota, he also played a major role in removing the area's Indigenous people—the Dakota and Ojibwe—from their homelands.

Photograph of Joseph Wolf Brewing Company

Joseph Wolf Brewing Company

Joseph Wolf Brewing Company, ca. 1914. Photograph by John Runk. The Joseph Wolf Brewing Company was the largest brewery outside of the Twin Cities. It closed in 1925, a casualty of Prohibition. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Photograph of Stillwater, circa 1885

Stillwater

Stillwater, Minnesota. Photograph by James Sinclair, ca. 1885.

Photograph of Simonet Furniture Store

Simonet Furniture Store

The Simonet Furniture Store, Nelson and South Main Streets, Stillwater, ca. 1880. Founded in 1867 by Sebastian Simonet, a master carpenter and Romansh immigrant, ca. 1880. Photograph by John Runk.

Photograph of Dacotah Building viewed from the north side of Selby Avenue

Dacotah Building viewed from the north side of Selby Avenue

Description: The Dacotah Building (366–378 Selby Avenue, St. Paul) viewed from the north side of Selby Avenue. Photograph by Charles W. Nelson, March 1976.

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