Appealing to the Governor

The winter following the devastating prairie fire of 1871 was severe, leaving settlers with no money for food or clothing.

One settler wrote to the governor of Minnesota saying
"I have been sick for months, and my wife is not well from exposure and hunger. It thought that there was no other way to ask you for help but to write for $25 and some clothes for my wife and daughter as we have nothing to cover our backs or our heads."

No record exists as to whether this pioneers letter was answered or whether he and his family survivied.

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