First Edition of author's first book. Floral Home; or, First Years of Minnesota; Early Sketches, Later Settlements and Further Developments by Harriet E. Bishop. Published 1857 by Sheldon, Blakeman and Company (first edition). Harriet E. Bishop, teacher and missionary, was St. Paul's first public school teacher, first arriving at the Minnesota outpost when it was a trading post among the Sioux Indians containing approximately 20 families, of which three were American. As early as 1869 she was active on behalf of women’s suffrage and that year was chosen a vice-president of the Equal Rights Association. The book is divided into three components: "Early Sketches," "Later Settlements," and "Further Developments." "Early Sketches" provides accounts of the earliest known white explorers and settlers to the region and discusses the source of the Mississippi River as well as the establishment of Fort Snelling. "Later Settlements" encompasses the period from about 1835-1850 and includes her own arrival. "Further Developments" covers the period after 1850 that saw an explosion of growth in Minnesota. Bishop describes the region's culture, its varied population, its geography and land-use, its natural resources, and the development of its religious, educational, and governmental institutions. There are comments upon the progress of St. Paul, St. Anthony's Falls, St. Croix Falls, Stillwater, and Minneapolis and Minnesota's formation into a territory. Bishop also relates many encounters with the Chippewa and the Sioux [Dakotas] and offers insights about how vastly different cultures co-existed on the frontier. Ex-library from Adrian College (only library marks are on inside front cover and first free endpaper). Clean book with tips showing, small bit of chipping to head and foot of spine. Front hinge broken but holding. 5.5 x 7.75 342 pp. plus 12 pages of ads.

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