Early White Settlement [related links]
John Morgan Gray, Lord Selkirk of Red River (1964) -- this biography of the founder of the settlement established on the lower Red River in southern Manitoba provides valuable information on how this colony influenced the growth of settlement in Minnesota.
Marcus Lee Hansen, Old Fort Snelling, 1819-1858 (1958) -- a good account of the building of Fort Snelling and its influence on settlement.
Evans Jones, Citadel in the Wilderness: The Story of Fort Snelling and the Old Northwest Frontier (1966) -- an excellent work on how Fort Snelling encouraged both settlement and trade in the upper Great Plains region.
William E. Leonard, "Early days in Minneapolis," in Volume 15 of the Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society (1915) -- contains some interesting details on the early settlers and institutions.
Alexander Ross, The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, and Present State (1957) -- first published in 1856, this account of the Selkirk colony contains information found in no other source.
John Fletcher Williams, History of St. Paul and Ramsey County (1876) -- describes the beginnings of early settlement in Minnesota, using recollections of early inhabitants.