 By 1851 , treaties between Native American tribes and the U.S. government had opened much of Minnesota to U.S. settlement . Fort Snelling was no longer a frontier outpost . Efforts to establish Minnesota as a prominent future state in the Union were swift . In 1851 territorial legislature petitioned the U.S. Congress for land to build a railroad between Milwaukee , Wisconsin and Saint Paul . That same year the legislature incorporated the University of Minnesota and established its endowment ( though the University would not admit students until many years later ) . 
 By 1851 , treaties between Native American tribes and the U.S. government <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> opened much of Minnesota to U.S. settlement . Fort Snelling was no longer a frontier outpost . Efforts to establish Minnesota as a prominent future state in the Union <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> swift . In 1851 territorial legislature petitioned the U.S. Congress for land to build a railroad between Milwaukee , Wisconsin and Saint Paul . That same year the legislature<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> incorporated the University of Minnesota and established its endowment ( though the University would not admit <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>students</mark></a> until many years later ) . 
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