Research Catalog

Title

Stillwater, Minnesota : a brief history / Holly Day and Sherman Wick.

Author

Day, Holly

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2016.

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Additional Authors

Wick, Sherman

Description

159 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"The riverfront always drew people to Stillwater. The Ojibwe and Dakota first settled here, later striking a treaty with Europeans, who quickly realized the St. Croix River's potential as an ideal way to move lumber. One of the first to float logs down the river was Captain Stephen Hanks, cousin to Abraham Lincoln. The lumber business gave birth to Minnesota's first millionaire as the city grew, and Stillwater received one of the state's first Carnegie grants for a free public library. Meanwhile, the state prison saw notorious gangster Cole Younger found the Prison Mirror in 1887, now the nation's oldest continuously operated offender newspaper. Authors Holly Day and Sherman Wick celebrate the history and charm of one of Minnesota's finest cities, from the frontier to today."--Provided by Amazon.com.

Series Statement

Brief History

Uniform Title

Brief history.

Subject

• Manners and customs
• Social conditions
• Stillwater (Minn.) > History
• Stillwater (Minn.) > Social life and customs
• Stillwater (Minn.) > Social conditions
• Minnesota > Stillwater

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"The opulent valley of the St. Croix" -- Putting Stillwater on the map -- Building Stillwater -- Stillwater in transition -- Stillwater : new bridges.

ISBN

• 9781467135160
• 146713516X

OCLC

950745787

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library