Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A shekara ta 1762 yankin ya zama wani ɓangare na Louisiana na Spain har zuwa 1802. Sashin jihar da ke gabashin Kogin Mississippi ya zama wani ɓangare na Amurka a ƙarshen Yaƙin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka, lokacin da aka sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Paris ta Biyu. An samo ƙasar da ke yammacin Kogin Mississippi tare da Louisiana Purchase, kodayake wani ɓangare na Red River Valley an yi jayayya har zuwa Yarjejeniyar 1818. A ƙarshen 1700s, Kamfanin Arewa maso Yamma ya kafa post na Fort Charlotte a ƙarshen Lake Superior na Grand Portage, har sai ya motsa mil 50 arewa maso gabas zuwa Fort William a 1803. A shekara ta 1805, Zebulon Pike ya yi ciniki tare da 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka don samun ƙasa a haɗuwa da kogin Minnesota da Mississippi. Ginin Fort Snelling ya biyo bayan tsakanin 1819 da 1825. Sojojinsa sun gina injin niƙa da injin niƙa a Saint Anthony Falls, na farko na masana'antun da ke amfani da ruwa wanda ke kusa da garin Minneapolis daga baya ya girma. A wannan lokacin, mutane da ba su da gidaje, ma'aikatan gwamnati, da kuma masu yawon buɗe ido sun zauna kusa da sansanin. A shekara ta 1839, sojojin sun tilasta musu su koma kogin kuma suka zauna a yankin da ya zama St. Paul. An kafa yankin Minnesota a ranar 3 ga Maris, 1849. Majalisar dokoki ta farko (wanda aka gudanar a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1849) ta mamaye maza daga New England ko kuma zuriyar New England. Dubban mutane sun zo don gina gonaki da kuma yanke katako, kuma Minnesota ta zama jihar 32 na Amurka a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1858. Yawan mutanen da suka kafa jihar sun fi yawa daga asalin New England wanda aka kira jihar "New England na Yamma".  Tambaya: Yaushe ne sojojin suka zauna a St. Paul?
Shekaru 1839