Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

Page 13 text:

SOURCE

Page 15 text:

LAND THAT I LOVE Mmnesota, 1n summer, has her green, rollmg hllls her flelds of corn, her forests, and spark llng waters In fall, the trees shed thelr summer dress and don a br1ll1ant array of reds golds and oranges One can smell the burnlng leaves and feel the crlspness 1n the alr Wmter brlngs tlny snow flakes whlch cover the earth wlth a soft fluffy blanket of wh1te It brlngs ICC, smooth and glossy on whlch one can ghde along as lf part of the breeze Sprlng brlngs tender petaled flowers, soft green buds, blrds slnglng m the trees After a long slumber, the world seems to come to life Rae Fckel '61 STATEHOOD There was a tremendous growth ln Mlnnesota durlng the years 1855 1857 Lumberlng, ln partxcular was brlngmg many people mto the terrltory Thls seemed to be the approprlate tlme for Mlnnesota to seek statehood What would be some of the benefits of taklng such a step? Mmnesota, as a terrltorv, could obtaln no credlt Wlth the growth of buslness and the posslblllty of a rallroad loans would be needed Only by representatlon ln Congress could cltlzens expect the necessary ald As members of a state, Whnnesotans would be able to elect thelr own government offlclals, pay thelr own expenses and volce their oplmons on natlonal questxons To further the cause of statehood a conven tlon was called for the purpose of wrltlng the constltutxon The delegates met ln St Paul ln July 1857 Smce each party Democratlc and Republlcan wanted control confuslon and dls order resulted Two dlfferent constltutlons vvere fmally merged by a compromlse com mlttee OLD SAI NT PAUL Decorated tables, Joyful rlngmg of bells, and gayly dressed MIDHCSOIBHS told the settlers that lt was Chrlstmas at Fort Snellmg They had thelr slmple get togethers and most of all thev shared thelr love ln the true Chrlstmas splrlt Each famlly was a close umt workmg together glvlng thanks together for llttle Jovs because they loved one another so much Such was the splrlt of the settlers m the northerly country Salnt Paul grew from an early settlement to the capitol clty we have today under the watch ful and guardmg eve of Fort Snelllng The settlers wanted thls cxty whlch they called Plg s Eye to be all that they planned and worked for They expected lt to be the capltol of common wealth, a Rome or Athens of the future It was wlth great prlde that they vlewed thelr llttle cltv the product of thelr darlng explorations and long hard vears of labor It wls of thls CltV that Maud Hart Lovelace wrote But then my town remember that hlgh bench Wvlth cabms scattered over It for French Below Fort Snelling seven mlles or so And three above the vlllage of Old Crow? PlgS Eve9 Yes Plgs Eye Thats the spot A very funny name 1st not9 Plgs Eye the spot to plant my clty on To be remembered bv when I am gone Thy name henceforth shall be Samt Paul Barbara Smzth 58 much delay Slbley was fmally named governor Now only an Act of Admlsslon was needed The b1ll was passed on May 11 1858 It had been delayed mostly because of the slavery prob lem Early ln the mormng of May 13 1858 a steamboat chugged lts way up the MISSISSIPPI Rlver toward St Paul, brmgmg from Pralrle du Chlen the most lmportant news ever recelv ed ln thls part of the country the telegraphed message that Minnesota was at last a state Thus the hopes the plans and the dreams of Nlmnesotans were fulfilled They all bellev ed that statehood would brmg wlth lt prosperlty, progress, happlness and peace We Mlnne Mmnesota then took an lmportant polltlcal step by electmg offlcers for 1ts flrst govern ment The candldates vvere Henry I-Iastlngs, Henry Slblev, and Alexander Ramsey After sotans know that lt certalnly has Maureen OLeary, 59 h Itasca IS a name derlved from two Latin words verltas Ctruthj caput fheadD9 It IS formed by the last four letters of verxtas and the flrst two of ca ut KNOW Lake Itasca, sltuated ln the beautlful Itasca State Park IH Northern Mmnesota, IS approxlmately three mlles ln length It has been noted that the lake IS the shape of a wlshbone Wlth lts two arms pomtmg south and apex p0ll'ltlI1g north Agnes Kelly 58 9 ll ll , - 4 C n K i . 1 1 - . '. . ' , , 7 ' ' ' ' at ' 77 ' ' . . '. . N . , I. C u . 0 I H 0 .5 u . - 5, . . . , 7 ' ' j ' . 2. '. IG ' n n l' , 1 - Q , . I 1. 1 . , , 1 I -1 1 a a n ' c 1 1 , 1 , . . 7 . - -f ' 7 ' ' ' 1 . , . . . . . , v , . A , . - - Pig's Eye, converted thou shalt be like Saul: ' . ' 71 . ' . - 1 , 7 L . , s u 3 . . , . . . . , . ' . . ' . . 2 , - Q u . 0 . I n 1 Q K Y n 7 V, u T . V, 1 u J T , c , u u - - u . n A , I , , . . . - ., . , . - 7 . . . . V - , ' ' I 1 1 t 77 ' ' ' CC ' 77 GL 77 - - ca ' 11 ' IL . . 2 P ' . . . . 1 7