Sarah Cleaveland (Personal Recollections MN book)OF ,U- NF.OTA AND ITS PEOPLE. 315
On the 1st of NoN•ember Rev. E. I). Neill was appointed
Chancelor of the University of Minnesota. The appoiutiuent
was a popular one. No one had contributed s0 imic•11 to the
educational interests of tho territory. He was an earnest
friend to all that would, benefit the people. He had Leen a
constant visitor to 5t. Antlionv preacliing to the citizens in
the early days -without pay. He, gave the first lecture in the
old town before the library assuciation, and has always been
faithful to every trust. A Christian minister, eloquent, tal-
ented, energetic, his hands are full of good work. He eras
one of the originators and promoters of of the early organiza-
tions that haN-e so greatly benefitted the north star state.
The first lodge of good teluplars was established in St.
Anthony late in the fall of this year. Geo. A. Canlp, Miss
Hannah C. Stanton, Rev. J. F. Chaffee, Mrs. Calista Chaffee,
A. P. Connelly. Kate H. Hall, Henrietta 11lurpliie, L. P.
Foster, Miss Jane Morrison, and hiss Sarah G. Cleveland,
were the first officers of the organization.
James P. Howlett of Minneapolis was married in Tecumseh,
Michigan, on the 9th of November, to bliss Sarah Graves.
Hard as the times were, there were two hundred buildings
erected in St. Anthony during the season of 1858, at a cost of
8310,000 ; and in'Minneapolis one hundred and seventy, at a
cost of 8275,000. No one could imagine where the money
came from necessary for the erection of these buildings.
As the winter set in it was determined by the citizens of
Minneapolis to organize a lecture association. Samuel Hid-
den was chosen president of the association ; Samuel C. Gale,
secretary ; and John C. Williams, H. D. Beeman, and Dr.
Geo. H. Keith, etec•utiN-e committee. The object of the asso-
ciation was intellectual improvement during the long winter
evenings. Through the rise management of Mr. Gale and
the other officers of the association, the citizens were favored
with many choice lectures during the winter.
The practicing physicians at the Falls at the enol of Deceni-
ber this year were Dr. J. H. Murphy, Dr. A. E. Ames, Dr.
M. R. Greeley, Dr. J. S. Elliott, Dr. AV. H. Leonard, Dr. D.
Jodou, Dr. A. Ortinan, Dr. AV. D. Dibb, Dr. C. AV. Boutillier,
Dr. C. L. Anderson, Dr. P. L. Hatch, Dr. J. D. Sabine, and
Dr. Simon French Rankin.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
or
MINNESOTA AND ITS PEOPLE,
AND
EARLY HISTORY OF ANNEAPOLIS,
I BY
0. JOHN H. STEVENS.
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA AND LETTERS
TO COL. JOHN H. STEVENS, SELECTED
BY MARSHALL ROBINSON.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
1890.
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I essay to write something of my personal recollections and
present knowledge of Minnesota and its people. Living alone,
as to white men, on the west bank of the Falls of St. Anthony,
I preempted a part of the present site of Minneapolis. I have
witnessed wonderful transformations. With such aid as I can
command, I commence the relation I have long contemplated,
as one of love and legacy to such patient and charitable readers
as I may have. A multitude of loved ones have ,,one before,
but many remain. In spirit they are equally present and in
view. Heroes of the past, brave men of the present, many of
them were, and are. Blessed is their memory, and their presence.
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