[Mpls] Minneapolis: What's in a name?

[Steve Brandt]

Ray Marshall asks:
By the way, I do believe that this year might indeed be the 150th birthday
of the city of Minneapolis.  Why is it that the city fathers and mothers and
undecideds haven't come up with a celebration for us? 


Here's what the public library's web site says:  
"Minneapolis was authorized by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1856 as a town. In 1858 the town of Minneapolis government was organized."

It goes on to say that some land claims filed by previously settled squatters were accepted in 1855.  But it sounds like 2006 or 2008 are arguably the sequicentennial years for city government, even though people settled here earlier.   Of course, I defer to real historians such as Penny Petersen or Kathy O'Brien.


Steve Brandt
Kingfield