St. Paul Settler Map 1841
A detailed mapping of French-Canadian residences in St. Paul in the 1840s.
St. Paul Chapel 175th Anniversary
Star Tribune coverage of the small log chapel that gave St. Paul its name.
Battle of Kaposia (1842)
Eyewitness account of the battle near the downtown St. Paul French settlement.
Early French Settlers in St. Paul
Historical accounts of the French pioneers who founded the St. Paul settlements.
Chapel of St. Paul (Mary Wingerd)
Historical lecture on the 1841 log chapel that became the foundation of the city of St. Paul.
Isaac Labissonière
“Battle of Kaposia by Isaac Labissoniere” is a firsthand account written by Isaac Labissoniere — a French-Canadian settler who came to St. Paul from the Selkirk Settlement in the Red River Valley — describing the 1842 battle in which Ojibwe warriors launched a surprise attack on the Dakota village of Kaposia near present-day South St. Paul, Minnesota, which he personally witnessed.
