Mortal/History

1805 Unratified treaty by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike for possession of land in the land in the region.
1825 Fort Snelling military fortification completed.
1838 Pig’s Eye Landing settlement began.
1841 Chapel of Saint Paul build in Pig’s Eye settlement. Settlement renamed to St. Paul.
1849 St. Paul: Capital of Minnesota Territory. Squatters occupied military-reservation land on the west side of river (Minneapolis side) near St. Anthony Falls.
1850 Squatters given land and Minneapolis founded.
1851 Minneapolis: University of Minnesota founded.
1858 St. Paul: State Capitol when Minnesota admitted to Union.
1862 St. Paul: Northern Pacific Railway train departed on first trek.
1870 Minneapolis: Flour Milling Capital of World.
1886 St Paul: St. Paul Union Stockyard established.
1904 St. Paul: Devastating tornadoes and storms.
1914 Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport opens on Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory.
1950 St. Paul: Charles M. Schulz published 1st Charlie Brown strip.
1965 St. Paul: Beatlemania!
2004 Minneapolis: Mall of America opened.
2007 Minneapolis: Interstate 35W Bridge collapsed, 13 fatalities.