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1853
The Chicago Landverein, or land society, which eventually established the town of New Ulm, is formed by a group of German immigrants. At first, lawyers and preachers are banned from membership.
1887
The first edition of the Prison Mirror, the newspaper of the state penitentiary, is published. It inspired the creation of similar publications at other state institutions.
1909
Mailcarrier John Beargrease dies. Born in 1858, the son of an Ojibwe leader and a white woman, Beargrease grew up in Beaver Bay and delivered mail along the north shore of Lake Superior from 1887 to 1904, his route being Two Harbors to Grand Marais. On open water the trip took him three days by rowboat, and in the winter he used a dogsled.