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'Three Score Years and Ten', by
Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West
Author: Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve
Release Date: December 30, 2006 [EBook #20232]
Language: English
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Three Score Years and Ten.
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"THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN,"
LIFE-LONG MEMORIES
OF
FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA,
AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE WEST,
BY
CHARLOTTE OUISCONSIN VAN CLEVE.
1888.
COPYRIGHTED 1888.
PRINTING HOUSE
HARRISON & SMITH, 257 AND 259 FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
DEDICATION.
"To the husband of my youth, by whose side I have journeyed more than half a century, and whose tender love has brightened my whole life, this book is dedicated."
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,
515 Portland Avenue.
March 14, 1888.
MY DEAR MRS. VAN CLEVE:
Whenever there is growth in any community the desire arises to know something of what was in the beginning. It was with no weari