Category Archives: newspapers

Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 2

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

In Part I of this series, I used a new translation of an 1861 German-language article in the New Ulm Pionier to introduce the subject of relationships between Army officers at Fort Ridgely and Dakota women on the Dakota Reservations … Continue reading →

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Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 1

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

This post begins with a short review of the book that sparked this conversation, then introduces other period sources commenting on relationships between Army officers and Dakota women. I made progress on my to-read pile this summer, including several books … Continue reading →

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The Stuff of Legend

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

The columnist who dubbed himself “The LeSueur Lyre” liked puns. Why anyone believed him is Gleek to me.  ***** In late June 1919, Samuel J. Brown of Brown’s Valley, Minnesota mailed a newspaper clipping to Warren Upham, the Secretary of the Minnesota Historical … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Historical Research, Fiction, Minnesota Historical Society, newspapers, O. W. Smith, Warren Upham | Leave a comment