A ƙarshen 1700s, Kamfanin Arewa maso Yamma ya kafa post na Fort Charlotte a ƙarshen Lake Superior na Grand Portage, har sai ya koma mil 50 zuwa arewa maso gabas zuwa Fort William a 1803. A 1805, Zebulon Pike ya yi ciniki tare da 'yan asalin Amurka don samun ƙasa a haɗuwa da Minnesota da Mississippi. Ginin Fort Snelling tsakanin 1819 da 1825. Sojojinsa sun gina injin niƙa da kuma tsintsiya a Saint Anthony Falls, masana'antun farko na masana'antun ruwa na Amurka, lokacin da aka sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Paris ta biyu. An sami ƙasa a yammacin Kogin Mississippi tare da Siyarwar Louisiana, kodayake an yi jayayya da wani ɓangare na Red River Valley 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 da ya motsa mil 50 zuwa arewa maso gabas zuwa Fort William a 1803. A cikin watan Satumba na 1849, an tilasta wa sojojiyan da ke kusa da New England su zauna a kusa da garin Minneapolis.
Shekaru 1839