Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

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l.oRE OF LAKE PEPIN fr The area surrounding beautlful Lake Pepln has been the scene of many hlstorlc ew ents but I shall wrlte of only a few a small portlon of the hlstory of Inyan Teopa the founding of Fort Beauharnols and General Garrard the bullder of Frontenac Polnt no Pomt IS a glgantlc hlll of trees whlch enhances the MISSISSIPPI shorelme On the top of thls pomt lS Inyan Teopa a curlous rock formatlon flrmly lmbedded at an elex ation of nearly four hundred feet abose the water The rock has a hole ln the center large enough for a horse to walk through Years ago there was a huge boulder on lts flat surface shaped some thmg like an Indlan head Polsed perfectly It rested secure agamst the storms untll some van dal loosened lt and sent xt vshere lt now rests near the foot of the bluff To the Indlans the rock was a speclally venerated shrme where they gathered to com mune wlth the Great Splrlt Paths lead to xt from every dlrectlon Indlan dances were held legends and tradltlons of their forefathers The spmt of these fCStlVltlCS stlll lmgers at Invan Teopa From the descrlptlon of the beautlful pomt we turn to conslder the flrst white men who came to Mlnnesota A small group of French men left Montreal on June 16 1727 The party contalnmg about thlrty members cluded two Jesult fathers Louls Ignatlus Gulgnas and a companlon de Gonnor After travellng by way of Green Bay and the Fox and Wlsconsln Rxvers they reached the MISSISSIPPI earl ln September and arrlved at Polnt au Sab e a natural stoppmg place for voyagers On September 17 1727 thev established a fort namln lt Beauharnoxs after the Governor Gen eral o New France The blllldlllg had to be abandoned the followlng sprmg because of hlgh Waters The Sloux Indlans were frlendly to the French but the Fox were extremely hostile I October, 1728, owmg to the enmlty of the Indians, the post was partlally abandoned and later lt IS probable that Indlans looted and burned lt as well Nelll IH hls hlstorv of Mm nesota says that Father Gulgnas was captured by the Fox and escaped death only by bemg adopted by an Indlan The Indlans soon found that the post had been a declded convenlence to them ln manv X21 qw 4'-Tw1l0L'f'z'g wavs so they petltloned for 1tS re establxshment Acceedlng to the1r wlshes ID the early thlrtles Sleur Lmctot was ordered to bulld another fort He selected as the slte a better place on hlgher land beyond the reach of hlgh water It was a few hundred feet from the shore and afforded an extensive VICVI up and down the lake There IS good reason for lJCllCV1l'1g that thls was the present Slte of Vllla Marla Academy In 1854 Israel Garrard and hls brother LCWIS camped at Frontenac durlng a huntlng trlp from Kentucky to Mlnnesota LEWIS re turned to Kentucky and eventually went back to Europe but Israel stayed ln Mmnesota Garrard and Westervelt bought ses eral hun dred acres of land and started the town whlch at that time was called Westervelt They set aslde four tracts as parks and then dnlded the remainder between them In August 1858 Westervelt sold about half of hls land to Lewls Garrard and ln October of the same vear Israel By Jomt consent the four ovx ners changed the name of the town to Frontenac on September 13 1859 Indlan shrlnes French forts and bullders of hlstorlc towns are just a few hlstorlc facets of thls area surroundlng Lake Pepln They brlng the past 1nto our hvlng present and predlct a glorlous future to come Patrlcla Lorentz 58 A NEW FACE Were xt not for the lce cakes that are called glaclers the great state of Mxnnesota would not have the r1ch soll which makes lt prosperous farmlng land There are hllls made by the dlrt that was plled up by the laclers and left behmd when they melted he hllls make attractlve scenery ln our great state There are rlvers turned out of thelr old beds I seekln new ways of gettlng to the ocean they have tumbled over rocks and made waterfalls that produce electrlclty and water power The laclers left hollows all over Minnesota These ollows fllled wxth water and became the ten thousand lakes that make Mmnesota a dellght ful place Carol Ostertag '58 DID that M1ss1ss1pp1 lS an Indlan word Whlch means great water The Mlssissxppi IS the largest river Ill the Unlted States and one of the greatest trade waterways of the world. The Indlans compared the sxze of the r1ver with other streams over which they had traveled and called it The Father of Waters. KNOW. .. 10 Alzcza Cueva, '58 'A W Y g A g A 4 Q All '1 A ' 7 'A' F - l l . -71., 'A J Q - iii' Y , i .. . - . . ' I ' . - , ' n o 0 I . . 7 A o 1 1 u ' ' 7 I . ' 1 ' . . . , . . 9 ' n U u. l , Q- Y . ' . 7 1 . . ' . v - 7 - , . ' ' 1 s there and the old men taught the young the sold about half of hls to hls brother, Kenner. 7 . , 1 . ' ' ' . .0 . , . I,. . ' n a U , l c . . . . , , ln- ' , , , , - . , . , ' , 7 l , -- U . I 0 , 1 , ' , . 0 ' . n ' ' . ' ' . n . . . 3 , ' . E . . ' 7 o , I Q . . . 7 ca ' ' ' '11 ' ' ' cc S719

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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

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THEY CHARTED OUR COURSE In 18417 HARRIET BISHOP opened the first school ID St Paul Mmnesota It was situated ln a mud walled log hovel at the cor ner of St Peter and Third Street Only seven children two of whom were white attended the school Instructions were given in English and a half breed girl interpreted for the Indian chlldren Thls was the beginning of organized education in St Paul Rose Spazght '58 JONATHAN CARVER was the flrst British explorer to come to Mmnesota Later he wanted England to have a supply center on Lake Pepin for he saw the great possibilities of trading with New York by way of the rivers and lakes and also of tradm with the South through the Mississippi ngland however was at war with her colonies ln America and did nothmg ln favor of Carvers plans Mary Margaret Guettler '59 One of the most fabulous beginnings in the medical field was started ln 1855 by DR WILLIAM WORRELL MAYO 1n the small town of Rochester, Minnesota Dr Will and Dr Charlie aided their Little Doctor as Dr VV W Mayo IS affectionately known in his great work of making Rochester one of the greatest medical centers of the world They were specialists ln every field of human affllc tion As time passed they brought lnto their group the best skilled doctors of the world In 1915 they united wlth the University of Mmnesota to form the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research The Doctors Mayo gave one of the greatest contributions a man can give to his state that of bringing people from every state ln the Union and every country of the world to ltS threshold to be healed of every human ailment Sharon Toogood '59 HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY proved to be one of the strongest characters ln Mmnesota As a partner in the American Fur Company, Sibley had much contact with the Indians He learned to speak their native tongue and on his inspection tours lived with them for months at a time As a qualified business man his fame grew and ln 1838 he was elected Justice of the peace for parts of Mmnesota Iowa and the Dakotas When elected as a delegate to Congress he put through the bill which made Mmnesota a terrl tory When Minnesota became a state, he was made the first governor. Connie Snyder, '59 fiyfitzilfn ANSON NORTHUP IS credited wlth opening the first hotel in the area of Stillwater He IS especially remembered for an 1nc1dent which grew out of his mterest ln steamboatmg Challenged by the St Paul Chamber of Com merce he at the price of dismantling and trans porting his steamer the North Star operated the first steamboat on the previously 'unnavl gable Red River Louella Langenfeld 58 In the year 184-9 ALEXANDER RAMSEY became governor of Mmnesota Territory His first duty was to proclaim the government of the Mmnesota Territory established Founder and first president of the Mmnesota Historical So clety he devoted much of his time to the work of the society He provided for the first seal of Minnesota and the motto Star of the North Ramsey became the second Governor of the State of Minnesota in 1860 at the outbreak of the ClVll VVar He was known as the War Governor One of the most worthwhile ser vices that Ramsey rendered to our State was his whole hearted defense of the school lands Because of his mterest a permanent school fund was established Mary Cressy '59 PLE came to Mmnesota to be the states first EPISCOPHIIZH bishop Bishop Whipple expended his efforts not only for the Episcopal church but for the wel fare of our state He became known as the man of all creeds because of hls willingness to help all Bishop Whlpple was falr at all times with the Indlans and he took many trips to Washington ln their behalf On one such trip he had a special conference with President Lmcoln to plead the cause of the oppressed race Because of his love for the Indians and their trust 1n him Whipple recelved the nick name Straight Tongue Sue Lznquzst '59 The first man to brmg the American flag to Mmnesota was ZEBULON PIKE a soldier and explorer, who was sent ln 1805 by the President to search for the Nisslsslppl River While camping for an evening on the site of the present Fort Snelling this brawe young man unfurled the American flag Throughout his travels he met many different kmds of Indians and told them of the peace that the United States desired He also lnsplred them to shoot down all British and French flags and fly the Amerlcan flag This instilled a strong feeling against the British and French Plke was killed ln action ln the War of 1812 The American flag was grasped to his breast. Anne Marze Gaynor, 59 1 , 1 0 . ' l . , . ' 44' - - . . . . . ' 77 I 7 M . . 7 . . . 1. U N ' ' . . . a 1 - . . 4 .- . ,, . . . . U , 1 0 . , . . , 7 9 , . . ' . . . - , 1 1 1 . . . - E ' l 66 97 O ' 1 1 , 1 7 0 Q , . . , . . I 7 - - cc 17 ' ' , 7 . . ' . . 1 l . . 7 . ' a , ' ' ' f' ' i i ,W , In his early manhood, HENRY B. WHIP- ' ' 7 . . . . . ' . . . . ..- , - . D , . ,, 1 0 1 . , . . . Q CG ' 'D 0 . . , 7 7 1 o L 1 1 0 . I . 1 . Y . , , . - . . 0 - , . . . . ' 1 11