The taxable property of the Territory is estimated for 1855 at $7 million. A wire suspension bridge has been thrown over the Mississippi River above the falls of St. Anthony. This must have been exciting news from the wilderness for the people of Alexandria. the kind of news that led new immigrant pioneers to accept the challenge of carving an empire from the tangle of lands and streams and lakes. This short passage from one of the great eastern newspapers of the time gives us a clue. I think. to Minnesotas greatest asset when it was admitted to the Union 3 years laterand still her greatest assetthe spirit of hard work.
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