Henry Hastings Sibley
Union Army general
Died when: 79 years 363 days (959 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Henry Hastings Sibley (February 20, 1811 – February 18, 1891) was a fur trader with the American Fur Company, the first U.S.Congressional representative for Minnesota Territory, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, and a U.S. military leader in the Dakota War of 1862 and a subsequent expedition into Dakota Territory in 1863.
Numerous places are named after him, including Sibley County, Minnesota;Sibley, North Dakota;Sibley, Iowa;Hastings, Minnesota;Sibley Memorial Highway; and Sibley State Park.
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