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July 7
| 1849 |
Minnesota Territory is divided into seven "council districts." Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey also declares that elections will be held August 1. |
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| 1862 |
130 gold miners, including a group from St. Paul led by James L. Fisk, set out on oxcarts from Fort Abercrombie on the Red River for the Montana gold fields. The federal government encouraged the expedition in an effort to find gold to finance the Civil War. |
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| 1871 |
Lumbermen from Stillwater descend the St. Croix River at dawn to remove pilings placed in the river to support a railroad bridge at Hudson, Wisconsin. Lumber interests in Stillwater had obtained a court injunction requiring a 200-foot clearance between the pilings to allow timber rafts to float through, but the order had been ignored. The lumberjacks return to Stillwater with about 100 pilings, and the event becomes known as the "Battle of the Piles." |
 Founded in 1974, Centro Cultural Chicano (known since 2014 as Centro Tyrone Guzman) is the oldest and largest multi-service Latine organization in Minneapolis. Centro’s mission and values are grounded in supporting the well-being of Latine families through a holistic approach to education and family engagement. Annually, Centro staff serve around 5,000 participants diverse in Latin American nationality, gender identity, and sexuality, as well as in age groups. |
 Penumbra Theatre is one of the premier legacy Black theaters in the United States, and one of the few founded during the Black Arts Movement that survived into the twenty-first century. Penumbra's plays examine universal themes rooted in the daily lives and perspectives of Black folks across a spectrum of African American theater ideologies. |
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