[v. 1.] no. 1. Introduction -- no. 2. Prehistoric Minnesota. General Sibley's address -- no. 3. Explorers come to Minnesota -- no. 4. Organization of Minnesota Territory. Early settlement. Mendota -- no. 5. Charlotte van Cleve's recollections. The first steamboat up the Mississippi. Letter from Col. Snelling's widow -- no. 6. Jean Baptiste Faribault and Henry Sibley come. Settlement of Lakeville -- no. 7. Corrections -- no. 8. Settlement of Rosemount. Andrew Keegan. The Morrisons -- no. 9. Letter from Mr. Brackett -- no. 10. Early settlers in Lakeville. The first death, birth, school -- no. 11. Settlers of 1856-7. The old village of Lakeville. A 4th of July party -- no. 12. First picnic in Lakeville. Young ladies in the area . Ministers in the area -- no. 13. David Touger is arrested. The elm trees. A trip with Mr. Ham -- Advertisers to the Farmington Press -- [v. 2.] -- no. 14. Murder of Mr. Egan. The hard times of 1857. Winters of 1854-1857 -- no. 15. Extracts from Captain Rich's journal. Dakota/Ojibway battle at Shakopee -- no. 16. Dakota encampment. Beginning of the Dakota Conflict. An accident in Mud Creek -- no. 17. Settlement of Eureka -- no. 18. Early settlers in Eureka. Col. Robert Donaldson's account of the trip from Indiana -- no. 19. School districts in Eureka. Religious services. The first birth, death -- no. 20. Early Eureka hardships. Families of Eureka -- Then and Now -- Life of John H. Thurston.