История Нортфилда, Миннесота: Хроника событий

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This is a timeline of historical events relating to Northfield, Minnesota.

1851 The U. S. government imposed a treaty on the Dakota people, Siouan speaking Native Americans who had been in this territory since at least the 17th century. Indigenous peoples of varying cultures had lived in the area for thousands of years before that. The treaty allowed European American settlement in southern Minnesota. Most of the Dakota were removed to a reservation near New Ulm, Minnesota. The treaty marked part of the decline of the Dakotah Nation, adversely affected by infectious disease and warfare. The people have undergone a revival since the later 20th century, however. The treaty paved the way for the foundation of Northfield. 1851 William Marshall surveyed land and helped John W. North, a migrant from Syracuse, New York, pick out land to build mills and a town, to be called Northfield. 1854 May, Daniel Kuykendall was the first European American pioneer to arrive in the area. Others soon followed. 1855 On August 17, 1855, North purchased 160 acres (647,000 m²) of land from each of the other two original pre emptors. 1856 September, Miron W. Skinner and his brother moved to Northfield and opened the second town store. He was instrumental in the establishment of Northfield College, now known as Carleton College. (See 1916 note about building of Skinner Chapel on the campus.) 1856 Herman Jenkins built the first hotel in Northfield. 1857 John L. Schofield came to Northfield and was the town’s first doctor. He built the first drugstore, which was attached to his house. John North suffered financial failure in the Panic of 1857. 1859 Charles Augustus Wheaton bought John North's financial interests and became one of the early town leaders. 1865 Jesse Ames moved to town and bought mills from Charles Augustus Wheaton. 1866 The Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches and Charles M. Goodsell established Northfield College, later named Carleton College. 1867 Wheaton and Goodsell each gave a plot of land to the fledgling Northfield College to establish the college campus north of the main part of town. 1871 Northfield College changes its name to Carleton College, after benefactor William Carleton of Charlestown, Massachusetts, who had given US$50,000 to the fledgling institution. 1875 Hiram Scriver was elected first mayor of Northfield. 1874 St. Olaf College was founded by Rev. B. J. Muus, Harold Thorson and two area farmers, members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. 1876 September 7, Attempted robbery of the First National Bank by the James Younger gang. Bank treasurer Joseph Lee Heywood was killed after refusing to open bank safe. 1877 James D. Archer opened the second hotel in the Northfield area. (see 1959 note about Dallas Haas below)

1882 W. S. Pattee was superintendent of schools and also taught at Carleton College. Later he practiced law in Northfield, and became dean of the law school at the University of Minnesota. 1884—Joel P. Heatwole arrived in Northfield. He bought The News and made it the leading weekly newspaper in the state. Technologically, it was a model of what a printing office should be. 1889 Margaret Evans' administrative title at Carleton College was changed to “lady principal” and in 1898 to “dean of the women’s department.” Known as Dean Evans, she was a towering figure in Carleton history. 1893 J. C. Nutting, president of First National Bank, planned and financed the construction of the Nutting Block to house the Northfield Knitting Company. 1895 W. F. Schilling came to Northfield. Once an editor of the Northfield News, Schilling became a Holstein breeder and a prominent agriculturalist in the state and the nation. He wrote the book, "My first Eighty Years”, which was published in 1952 by Mohn Printing. 1897 Link Fey, built one of the first successful gasoline powered automobiles in Minnesota. 1898 Laura M. Baker opened a school to serve special students under the age of fourteen.

2004 Maggie Lee celebrated 50 years in journalism. She continues to write columns and features for the newspaper. 2008 Mary Rossing becomes the first female mayor and a female majority is elected to the city council for the first time. 2020 The Archer House Inn, a hotel which had been operating since 1877, is destroyed in a fire caused by a faulty smoker in a barbecue restaurant stationed in the building.