Edwin Clark papers. 1855-1923.

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Edwin Clark papers. 1855-1923.

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Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the life of a Minnesota pioneer who published the Falls Evening News, the first daily newspaper in St. Anthony (1857); was a clerk in the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-1865); served as an Indian agent for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indians in Minnesota and Dakota (1865-1867); was instrumental in the establishment and early development of the town of Melrose (Minn.); and helped found the Territorial Pioneers associations of Minnesota and Hennepin County.

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Clark, Edwin 1834-1922.

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Edwin Clark was born on February 25, 1834 in Bridgewater, New Hampshire. In 1857 he moved to St. Anthony, Minnesota. With William A. Croffut as his partner, Clark purchased the weekly Minnesota Republican and also began publishing the Falls Evening News, the first daily newspaper in Minneapolis. In 1863 Clark accepted a clerkship in the United States House of Representatives. He served in this position from December 1863 to April 1865, when he was appointed agent for the Ojibwe Indi...

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