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Taoyateduta
Known as Chief Little Crow
(1810?–July 3, 1863)
Dakota Sioux were
the region's sole residents until explorers arrived from France in
about 1680. The city's land was acquired by the United States in a
series of treaties and purchases negotiated with the Mdewakanton band
of the Dakota and separately with European nations.
Fort Snelling, built in 1819 by the United States Army at the
convergence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, spurred growth in
the area. Present day Minneapolis was incorporated as a city on the
Mississippi's west bank in 1867, the same year rail service began
between Minneapolis and Chicago, and joined with the east bank city of
St. Anthony in 1872.
Minneapolis grew up around Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on
the Mississippi and the end of the commercially navigable section of
the river until locks were installed in the 1960s. The city's history
is tied to the riverfront and the falls, where, for the half century
between 1880 and 1930, Minneapolis became the most important flour
producing city in the world. [Source:
Wikipedia.org]
