MINNESOTA SESQUITENNIAL History Genealogy DVD SUPERPAK Start Price USD 35.00 Current Price USD 35.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 02, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Location BC, MN See more about 'MINNESOTA SESQUITENNIAL History Genealogy DVD SUPERPAK' Description LOK PRESENTS:   COMMEMORATING 150 YEARS OF MINNESOTA STATEHOOD WITH THIS SPECIAL BUNDLE OF ANTIQUARIAN VOLUMES, INCLUDING  5 OF MY MOST POPULAR SELLING TITLES ON MINNESOTA HISTORY ON DVD !!! A LIBRARY SHELF OF MINNESOTA HISTORY ON A SINGLE DVD COMPRISING A USEFUL COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORIES FOR PERSONAL GENEALOGICAL LOOK UPS AND REFERENCE. FEATURING PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS (4), MULTIPLE VOLUME STATE, COUNTY AND CITY HISTORIES WITH BIOS, TONS OF ENGRAVINGS AND PHOTOS, SEARCHABLE TEXT INDEX.PLUS BONUS MATERIAL IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL AND SESQUITENNIAL OF STATEHOOD (THIS OTHER MATERIAL WILL NOT BE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AD, BUT IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE DVD ON A CONTINUING BASIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.  EVERY DISK WILL THUS BE UNIQUE, INCLUDING PERSONAL VIDEO OF SEVERAL SHORT CLIPS OF LOCAL FOOTAGE IN MPEG FORMAT, DVD QUALITY, LIMITED BY HOW MUCH SPACE REMAINS.)I HAVE BEEN SELLING THESE WORKS SEPARATELY ON CD-ROM DISKS ON EBAY IN THE PAST, BUT NOW ALL THE INDEX HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY CHECKED AND EDITED IN TEXT FORMAT FOR DOING EASY SEARCHES, AND A MASTER FILE OF NAMES HAS BEEN CREATED, SO YOU CAN SEARCH THROUGH ALL THE VOLUMES AT ONCE IF YOU PREFER.NOTE: This is a dvd and will only play on computers with dvd drives. It cannot be viewed on cd drives (If you have a friend with a dvd drive, you could have them transfer them to other media and save a bundle over the cd cost versions.). Individual files and folders can be moved to your main hard drive.  these are images in jpg format and not a movie, still photos of each page is perhaps another way of describing them. some pictures may have shadows on them or other considerations, but overall good quality (photo plates scanned at 300 dpi, text pages at 150 dpi).  if you have any questions or look ups, please feel free to contact me or check individual ads for cd products for more details in completed or current listings.  YOU MUST HAVE A DVD READER ON YOUR COMPUTER TO ACCESS THIS DISK, OR HAVE A FRIEND THAT CAN COPY THEM TO A CD FOR YOU.  INDIVIDUAL TITLES ARE AVAILABLE IN CD FORMAT IN SEPARATE ADS, BUT ONLY THIS DISK ON DVD HAS ALL OF THEM ON ONE DISK AT A SPECIAL LOW PRICE!THIS IS LIKE HAVING A LIBRARY SHELF OF REFERENCE WORKS AT YOUR DISPOSAL WITH ONLY A DVD DISK TO HOLD THEM ALL FOR EASY ACCESS.  NO MORE FLIPPING THROUGH BRITTLE PAGES AND CRACKED BINDINGS OF THESE OLDER TITLES.  I'M ADDING DAILY TO THE CONTENT, WITH MORE VINTAGE BOOKS BEING ADDED.  YOU GET WHATEVER I HAVE ON HAND, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS COMPLETE OR NOT AT THE TIME OF SALE !!!  THAT MEANS MORE FOR THE BUCK ! BONUS:  I'M CURRENTLY SCANNING ISAAC ATWATER'S 1893 HISTORY OF MINNEAPOLIS, VOL 1 OF 2, MUNSELL PUBLISHING (THE COMPLETED PROJECT WILL BE WELL OVER A THOUSAND PAGES.).  ALL THE ENGRAVINGS AND PHOTOS HAVE BEEN SCANNED AND WILL BE A PART OF THIS DVD, THE COMPLETE TEXT PAGES WILL BE ADDED  AT SOME LATER POINT (BUY IT NOW WILL GET A REWRITEABLE DISK AND YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO ONE FREE UPDATE WHENEVER YOU WISH, I WILL SEND MONTHLY EMAILS EXPLAINING WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED OR CHANGED, SO YOU CAN UPDATE AT ANY TIME.  YOU ONLY PAY THE SHIPPING TO SEND THE DVD BACK TO ME, I PAY TO SEND THE UPDATED DISK BACK TO YOU.   PERSONS WHO GET A LOWER PRICE BY MAKING AN OFFER WILL GET A NON-REWRITE DISK.  FUTURE UPDATES AFTER YOUR ONE FREE ONE WILL BE CHARGED ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP RECEIVING THE LATEST OFFERINGS.  IN OTHER WORDS, THE DISK NEVER EXPIRES BUT CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOPE FURTHER USES OVER TIME.  I WANT TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE, BUT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH FOR THE BUYER TO KNOW THAT A GOOD PRODUCT IS BEING OFFERED HERE FOR THE SELLING PRICE.  YOU DECIDE TO WHAT LEVEL OF UPGRADING YOU WISH TO HAVE.). PLUS A SECTION OF PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE GREAT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR GET TOGETHER OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS OR SO.  YOU MIGHT SEE YOURSELF AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL CELEBRITIES THAT I CAUGHT ON THE SPY CAM.  HEY, EVEN US HARD WORKING TYPES NEED A FORM OF RELAXATION, AND I'VE BEEN A PERSISTENT ADDICT AT CAPTURING THE MOOD AT FAIR TIME.  SOME PRETTY GIRLS GET CAUGHT IN WEIRD POSES AT THE GRANDSTAND AND AROUND THE FAIR, I MIGHT ADD, BUT PLENTY OF GUY SHOTS AS WELL FOR THE LADIES TO FEAST THEIR BABY BLUES UPON !  A HEARTY SAMPLING OF MINNESOTANITES IS TO BE HAD FOR A BUY!CELEBRATE, THIS IS THE SESQUITENNIAL !!!HERE'S A LISTING OF WHAT YOU GET (FOR MORE DETAILS SEE INDIVIDUAL CURRENT ADS Of THESE SAME BOOKS ON CD, OR DO A SEARCH FOR COMPLETED LISTINGS)!:PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IT'S PEOPLE, AND EARLY HISTORY OF MINNEAPOLIS, 1890, BY JOHN H. STEVENS, 431 PAGES WITH 6 ILLUSTRATIONS.  A BOOK ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SURRONDING AREAS !!! PEN PICTURES OF ST. PAUL MINNESOTA AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OLD SETTLERS: From the Earliest Settlement of the City, up to and including the year 1857. BY T. M. NEWSON, SELF PUBLISHED IN ST. PAUL. PRINTED BY BROWN, TREACY, AND CO., ST. PAUL.  COPYRIGHT 1884, 746 PAGES. MINNEAPOLIS PRESS CLUB YEARBOOK 1904.  HALSEY HALL'S DAD WAS A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB AND HALSEY SIGNED IT IN A NUMBER OF SPOTS.  131 PAGES WITH ADS. PIONEER SKETCHES BY FRANK O'BRIEN, 1904, SEARCHABLE TEXT FORMAT. STATE, COUNTY AND CITY HISTORIES WITH BIOS: HISTORY OF HENNEPIN COUNTY BY JOHN H. STEVENS, THIS INCLUDES ALL THE SUBURBS, MAPLE GROOVE (MISPELLED IN THE INDEX), BROOKLYN, OSSEO, ETC., 1895, MUNSELL PUBLISHING, 500 + PAGES."HISTORY OF ST. PAUL AND VICINITY" BY HENRY A. CASTLE (journalist, President of the Minnesota Newspaper Association at one time), 1912, LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, 3 VOLUMES, 1213 PAGES.HISTORY OF DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY BY WALTER VAN BRUNT, 1921, AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 3 VOLUMES, 1247 PAGES. HISTORY OF WABASHA AND WINONA COUNTIES, 1884, BY BUNNELL. A GREAT COLLECTION OF VOLUMES OF OLD HISTORY AND GENEALOGY ON DVD OF SCANNED IMAGES TO HELP CELEBRATE THE 150TH BIRTHDAY OF STATEHOOD.  SEARCH YOUR MINNESOTA ROOTS !!!*****Example of Stevens easy style of writing (chock full of details in actual passages of the book): INTRODUCTORY. 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 gone 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. TABLE OF SOME OF THE CONTENTS. SUBJECTS. PAGE. Introduction and Preliminary.With the Army in Mexico, 1846, 1847 and 1848 - 1Attention directed to Minnesota - - 2The Wonderland of the Northwest - - 3On the way to Minnesota - - 4 Prominent organizers of Minnesota Territory - 5 Black Hawk battle-ground - - 6 From LaCrosse to St. Paul by the early river boats 7 Little Crow's village of Kaposia, five miles below St. Paul 9 First sight of St. Paul - - 10 Pre-Territorial Settlers - - 11 First visit to the Falls of St. Anthony - 13 First permanent claim at the Fall of St. Anthony 14 Expedition to Coon Creek - - 17 Missionary Fred Ayer - 18 The present site of Minneapolis - - 20 Winnebago Indians encamped at Minnehaha Falls 22 Franklin Steele and Fort Snelling - 24 Officers at Fort Snelling - - 25 My Claim that became my home at St. Anthony Falls 28 Some of my Indian guests - - 29 The Pioneer Editor of Minnesota, James M. Goodhue 32 A tribute to the noble men who have passed away 34 The caravan of ox-carts from the Red River of the North 35 Visit of Mrs. Snelling to the Fort - 38 Rev. E. D. Neill - - 39 First session of the Territorial Legislature - 42 Philander Prescott 43 II. TABLE OF CONTENTS. SUBJECTS. PAGE. A Frontier Wedding - - 45 Game in the early days - - 49 The early Missionaries. Illustration 51 Big Thunder, the father of Little Crow - 55 Wild Food of Minnesota - 61 Pioneers of Stillwater - - 65 Frontier Dancing Party - - 67 A phenomenal winter - - 69 Esquimaux dispatches by dog-train from Pembina 74 The first pioneer white lady of original Minneapolis 77 Enthusiasm for Minnesota - - 78 Minnesota climate banishes cholera - 81 First town election in St. Paul - - 82 Moving into the first house in Minneapolis 84 My old farm where Minneapolis now is - 85 Native oak groves where the town was laid out 86 Miss Fredrika Bremer, the Swedish authoress, at the Falls 89 Arrivals during 1849 and 1850 - 91, 92 Borne of the first ministers of the Gospel at the Falls 92 Manner of colonizing - - 96 Pioneer school teacher in Minnesota - 96 A winter journey to Washington - 97 An interview with Daniel Webster - 100 Statesmen of forty years ago - 102 The first white child born in what is now Minneapolis 104 The first churches at the Falls of St. Anthony. 108 Organization of Board of Regents of the State University 109 The first merchants at the Falls - 114 Our first grist mills - - 115 An important treaty with the Dakota Indians 116 The first farmers about the Falls - - 120 Enthusiasm, fascination, and romance of frontier life 122 A wild deer on Spirit Island, and bears at Rice lake 124 Indians encamped at the Falls - - 126 Costume of the Dakota squaws, and behaviour of Indiana 127 Seeking a name for the new town - 128 First claims on the west side of the Falls 129 First public school on the west side at the Falls 136 Mr. Hoag buys 160 acres of Minneapolis for $100 136 TABLE OF CONTENTS. III. SUBJECTS. PAGE. One of the first jurymen refuses to be frozen into a verdict 137 Claims made after the Traverse des Sioux treaty 140 Original owners of the soil on the west bank of the Falls 148 The University of Minnesota 158 St. Anthony pioneers of 1851 - - 161 Last visits of the red men at the Falls of St. Anthony 162 Legislators come by dog-train from Pembina 165 A public dinner to Franklin Steele - - 166 A pioneer of the last century, Jean Baptiste Faribault 167 Discussing a name for our town - - 171 Organization of a Claim Association - 180 First and only unanimous election in Hennepin county 183 The commissioners select the name of Albion for the town 184 The citizens select the name of Minneapolis 186 First real start for a prosperous race - 189 A man goes over the Falls - 194 Preliminary to building the suspension bridge 201 History of the first Minneapolis bell tolled 202 Beginning of the Minnesota Agricultural Society 208 Territorial Agricultural Society organized 214 Thanksgiving sermon, as prophetic as devout 217 A hasty but happy marriage in the early days 231 Survey of the village in 1854 - - 233 Naming the streets and avenues in Minneapolis 234 First newspapers published in Minneapolis 240 First Agricultural and Horticultural Fair in Minnesota 242 Boats on the Mississippi above St. Anthony Falls 244 Representative men of the early settlers - 246 Clergymen of the early days - - - 249 Navigation of the Mississippi to the Falls - 254 Suspension bridge presents the first span over the river 255 Citizens celebrate the completion of suspension bridge 260 St. Anthony becomes a city - - 263 Exploring expedition westward through the big woods 265 The former home of the buffalo - - 266 Minneapolis putting on metropolitan airs 269 Business houses in Minneapolis in 1855 - 276 St. Anthony annexed to Hennepin county. 283 Reminiscent Review of events of pioneer days 296 IV. TABLE OF CONTENTS. SUBJECTS. PAGE. An Indian Republic - - - 299 Men of mark who came in 1857 - 307 A movement to unite Minneapolis and St. Anthony 324 Abolition excitement at the Falls - - 329 Marvelous shrinkage in the value of property 331 Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Adams as Missionaries 338 Perilous winter journey from Pembina to Fort Snelling 345 Thirst in snow-covered countries 353 Buffalo Hunting in the northwest - 354 Assiniboin belief in futurity - 355 Journey along the southern shore of Lake Superior 356 Brief essay on the Life of Man 357 Condensed history of the Sioux Massacre of 1862 362 The Indians spare not their earliest and best friends 364 Whole settlements annihilated by the savages 366 'Wonderful escape from the Indians - 371 Full-blooded Indian, 'with a white "wife, saves many whites 372 General Sibley's account of the captives at Camp Release 375 Death of Little Crow, the Chief who led the massacre 377 Statement by Wowinapa, a son of Little Crow 378 Conclusion of the Pioneer record to close of 1862 384 Life of a missionary half a century ago - 385 Missionary Pond teaches Little Crow to read 387 An Indian protest as to Christians' love for one another 387 At Lake Harriet fifty years ago - - 389 Old Settlers Association of Hennepin county 392 Addresses by Messrs. Atwater, Neill, Marshall, and others 393 Indians taking a sad farewell view of St. Anthony Falls 393 An agricultural school at Lake Calhoun 60 years ago 396 Redbird and his warriors on the east bank of the Falls 399 Letter to the Old Settlers, from Dr. C. L. Anderson 400 St. Anthony Falls as it appeared of old. Illustration. 400 Biographical Memoranda-"With letters to Col. Stevens 402 Colonel Stevens in the war with Mexico, 1846 to 1848 402 Letter from Horace Greeley - - 404 An early boom-with a protest-from Franklin Steele 412 Reminiscent letters from the Hutchinson singers 423 An infant pioneer-an old settler - - 431 Two hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Falls 431 *********************************THE EASE OF DOING SEARCHES WITH MY QWIK SEARCH SOFTWARE IS INDISPUTABLE !!! BUY IT NOW AT $35.00 AND I WILL INCLUDE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE A WINDOWS PROGRAM THAT I WROTE TITLED QWIK SEARCH THAT WILL SEARCH THROUGH ANY SPECIFIED TEXT FILE (INDEX.TXT, INDEX.DOC,  ETC.) 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