John McGivern's Main Streets

Stillwater, Minnesota (1x5)

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So why here? Well… when Wisconsin became a state in 1848, that left people west of the St. Croix river “high and dry” with no government. So, the people of Stillwater held a territorial convention right here and voted to send a delegate to Washington D.C. to organize a new territory called “Minnesota” which became a territory in 1849, and a state in 1858.