Minnesota Territory

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Minnesota Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from 1849 to 1858 that encompassed present-day Minnesota and parts of the Dakotas before statehood.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
borderedBy British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Iowa Territory (later State of Iowa) ⓘ
linked to: Iowa Territory

Lake Superior ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
capital Saint Paul ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
createdByAct Organic Act of 1849 ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
endTime 1858-05-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dakota (Sioux) people ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

European American settlers ⓘ
Ojibwe (Chippewa) people ⓘ
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe
flagUsed Flag of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States flag
followedBy State of Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minnesota

Unorganized territory (Dakota region) ⓘ
governingBody Government of the Minnesota Territory ⓘ
governmentType territorial government ⓘ
hasCapitalFunction seat of territorial government at Saint Paul ⓘ
historyOfTopic History of Minnesota ⓘ
jurisdictionOver eastern part of future North Dakota ⓘ
eastern part of future South Dakota ⓘ
future State of Minnesota ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalSystem United States law ⓘ
legislature Minnesota Territorial Legislature ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iowa ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
majorRiver Minnesota River ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Red River of the North ⓘ
namedAfter Minnesota River ⓘ
partOf American frontier ⓘ
linked to: Old West

Old Northwest ⓘ
United States territories ⓘ
precededBy Wisconsin Territory ⓘ
significantEvent Minnesota statehood ⓘ
significantEventDate 1858-05-11 ⓘ
startTime 1849-03-03 ⓘ
territorialGovernor Alexander Ramsey ⓘ
Samuel Medary ⓘ
Willis A. Gorman ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

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Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Territory → followedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Missouri Territory → followedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Harriet Scott → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Dakota Territory → borderedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Wisconsin Territory → followedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Little Crow → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Taoyateduta → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Wabasha III → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Mankato (Dakota leader) → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Big Eagle → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Henry Mower Rice → represented → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Henry Mower Rice → workLocation → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Nebraska Territory → borderedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Josiah Snelling → significantPlace → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
John W. North → activeIn → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
David Olmsted → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
David Olmsted → placeOfActivity → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Taoyateduta → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Taoyateduta (Little Crow)
Taoyateduta → areaOfActivity → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Taoyateduta (His Red Nation)
Sarah Jane Steele → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Henry Hastings Sibley → workLocation → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Taopi Duta → region → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Battle of Lower Sioux Agency → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory region (later state of Minnesota) ⓘ
linked to: Minnesota Territory
Joseph R. Brown → placeOfActivity → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Joseph R. Brown → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Chief Little Crow → region → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
James Madison Goodhue → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ
James Madison Goodhue → workLocation → Minnesota Territory ⓘ