Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xliii, [1], 763, [1] pages, [16] leaves of plates : 24 cm William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achieving prominence in the lumber business and other related activities. His autobiography provides a detailed history of Minnesota, county by county, with a particular emphasis on the region's most prominent men and the role they played in its economic, political, and cultural development. For the most part, chapters are devoted to the histories of one or more counties and contain capsule biographies as well as significant geographical and institutional features. There are several narratives of early settlement and anecdotes about the relationships between settlers and Indians. Preceding the historical materials is an extensive autobiographical introduction "Errata": page [1] (2nd count) Last page blank Portraits engraved by H.B. Hall's Sons, New York Introduction [Biographical and Autobiographical] -- Going West -- Stillwater and St. Croix County -- Biographies -- Polk County -- Polk County -- continued -- St. Croix County -- Pierce County -- Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer and Barron Counties -- Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas Counties -- Pine County -- Kanabec, Isanti, and Mille Lacs Counties -- Chisago County -- Biographical -- Washington County -- Washington County continued -- Stearns, Anoka and Sherburne Counties -- Benton, Morrison and Crow Wing Counties -- Aitkin, Carlton, St. Louis and Cook Counties -- Hennepin County -- Ramsey County -- Biographical -- Dakota, Goodhue, Wabasha and Winona Counties -- Miscellaneous biographies -- Appendix, miscellaneous incidents, Indian treaties, etc