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Ancestry.com. Dakota land, or, The beauty of St. Paul [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Hankins,. Dakota land, or, The beauty of St. Paul : an original, illustrated, historic and romantic work, presenting a combination of marvelous dreams and wandering fancies, singular events, and strange fatalities, all interwoven with graphic descriptions of the beautiful scenery and wonderful enchantment in Minnesota : to which is added "A round of pleasure," with interesting notes of travel, maps, etc., and forming a comprehensive guide to the great North-West. New York: Hankins & Son, 1868.