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Father of Montana man was first governor of Minnesota
Henry Sibley, pivotal fur trader for Astor, became Minnesota's first governor after a long career at Mendota and St Paul. The piece recalls his rise from a clerk in a Michigan trading post to leadership in pioneering Minnesota, his role in the Sioux conflict of 1862, and his lasting legacy as a gentleman statesman.
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Montana
Minnesota
Henry Sibley
Astors
Roy L. Diggs
T. C. Power Motor Car Company
Helena
Diggs
Detroit
Packard
Packard Company
France
Hull
Henry Hastings Sibley
A. B. Sibley
Helena Street Railway Company
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
California
United States
Republic of Brazil
T.C. Power Motor Company
Hudson, Essex
Astor
American Fur Company
Fort Snelling
Mendota
Wilderness
Sibley
Minnesota Wilds
Mississippi
Captain Marryat
Gabriel Renville
Napoleon
Congress
Clayton County
Iowa
St. Paul
General Sibley
Alfred B. Sibley
Helena Light and Railway Company
Anne Broadwetter Thompson
Charles A. Broadwater
Great Northern
Havre
Butte
Lincoln