Henry Hastings Sibley
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Henry Hastings Sibley was a fur trader with the American Fur Company, the first Congressional representative for Minnesota Territory, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, and a United States military leader in the Dakota War of 1862 and a subsequent expedition into Dakota Territory in 1863.
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Judge Solomon Sibley, Henry's father
American Fur Company store in Mackinac
Trading license granted to Henry H. Sibley of the American Fur Company by Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro, September 30, 1835
Fort Snelling (1844)
Land ceded to the U.S. by the Ojibwe (242) and Dakota (243) in 1837 treaties (now part of Minnesota)
Land ceded to the U.S. by the Ojibwe (242), Dakota (243) and Winnebago (245) in 1837 treaties (now part of Wisconsin)
The Sibley House, now part of the Sibley House Historic SiteIn their orbit 1
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1811 to 1891 · aged 79
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