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Faribault County Historical Society
Faribault is a French surname that may refer to: Persons * Alexander Faribault, American trading post owner and territorial legislator * Orex Exploration#Faribault, E.R. Faribault, Geological Survey of Canada * George-Barthélemy Faribault (1789–1866), Canadian archaeologist * Jean-Baptiste Faribault (1775–1860), American fur trader * Joseph-Édouard Faribault (1773–1859), notary and political figure in Lower Canada. * Marcel Faribault, (1908–1972), Canadian notary, businessman and administrator Places Canada *Faribault River, a tributary of the Chibougamau River in Quebec United States *Faribault County, Minnesota ** Faribault County Courthouse *Faribault, Minnesota, a city in Rice County Minnesota ** Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault ** Faribault Woolen Mills ** Alexander Faribault House Other uses * USS Faribault (AK-179) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Faribault
Alexander "Alex" Faribault (June 22, 1806 – November 28, 1882) was an American trading post operator and territorial legislator who helped to found Faribault, Minnesota and was its first postmaster. Born in Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory, his father was the fur trapper Jean-Baptiste Faribault. His mother was Elizabeth Pelagie Ainse, a half-Dakota daughter of Joseph-Louis Ainse, a British superintendent at Mackinac. He was considered mixed-blood. Alexander Faribault married Mary Elizabeth Graham in 1825. Mary was a member of another prominent French-Dakota family. This helped contribute to Faribault's successful business enterprises. He owned a trading post and in 1851 served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives. During the Dakota War of 1862, he fought in the Battle of Birch Coulee, the bloodiest battle in the war for American soldiers. During the siege, Alexander Faribault pleaded for peace. Speaking Dakota, Alexander pleaded to Big Eagle, "You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orex Exploration
Orex Exploration is a former Canadian gold mining company that conducted exploration work on mining properties it owned in the Goldboro and Guysborough County areas of Nova Scotia. The properties owned by Orex were the sites of the former Boston Richardson Mine, Dolliver Mountain Mine, West Goldbrook Mine, and East Goldbrook Mine which operated between 1892 and 1912. Headquartered in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, the company was founded in 1987 and raised funds for exploration work, in part, by issuing stocks traded on the Montreal Stock Exchange and then the TSX Venture Exchange. It became a subsidiary of Anaconda Mining Inc. after Anaconda acquired the company in a stock swap deal in 2017. Property Description Orex's Goldboro main property consisted of 37 contiguous claims (600 hectares) held under license from the Province of Nova Scotia. It is located along the eastern shore of Nova Scotia and is wholly owned by Orex. The property is situated 185 kilometers northeast of Hali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George-Barthélemy Faribault
George-Barthélemy Faribault (December 3, 1789 – 1866) was a Canadian archaeologist, born in Quebec. Faribault was a first cousin of Jean-Baptiste, father of Alexander, founder of the city of Faribault, Minnesota, United States. After attending a school taught by a Scottish veteran of Wolfe's army, he completed by personal efforts the course preparatory to the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1811. In 1812, Faribault served as a militiaman during the invasion of Canada by the Americans. In 1822, he entered the civil service, attaining in 1832 the rank of assistant clerk of the Legislative Assembly, an office he continued to hold after the union of the Canadas (1841) until 1855, when ill-health forced him to resign. Passionately fond of his country and of its past glories, he spent all his leisure in collecting documents and books pertaining to Canadian history. His fine collection (1700) of rare books and original manuscripts perished at the burning of the Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Faribault
Jean-Baptiste Faribault (October 19, 1775 – August 20, 1860) was a trader with the Native Americans in the United States, Indians and early settler in Minnesota. His father, Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of Paris, France, settled in Canada towards the middle of the 18th century and served as military secretary to the France, French army in Canada. After the occupation of the country by the English, he retired to private life in Berthier and he held the office of notary public. Faribault was born in Berthier, Quebec, Berthier, Lower Canada, and received a good school education; after several years of mercantile employment in Quebec, he entered the fur trade, most probably in the employ of Parker, Gerrard, and Ogilvy. In May 1798, he went with others to the island of Michilimackinac or Mackinac, one of the depots of this company. For over ten years, he traded with the Pottowatomic Natives at Kankakee, Illinois, Kankakee, with the Sioux, Dakota or the Sioux, Natives at Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Édouard Faribault
Joseph-Édouard Faribault (May 4, 1773 – August 3, 1859) was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809. He was born in Berthier-en-Haut, the son of Barthélemy Faribault, a notary, and Catherine-Antoine Véronneau. Faribault worked in his father's office as a clerk and was commissioned as a notary in 1791. He first set up practice in Berthier-en-Haut but soon afterwards moved to L'Assomption. He was married twice: first, in 1794, to Marie-Anne-Élisabeth Poudret and then to Geneviève Fauteux, the widow of Norbert Éno, in 1845. Faribault invested in real estate and built and operated sawmills and flour mills. He also served as administrator and agent for the seigneury of Lavaltrie. His daughter Aurélie inherited parts of the seigneuries of L'Assomption and Repentigny from her two husbands, Charles Saint-Ours and Louis-Michel Viger. Faribault was a member of the special council th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Faribault
Marcel Faribault, (October 8, 1908 – May 26, 1972) was a Canadian notary, businessman and administrator. Background Born in Montreal, he was the son of René Faribault and Anna Pauzé and was educated at the Université de Montréal. A successful notary, he became president of Trust Général du Canada. He died in Outremont, on May 26, 1972, and was interred in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. Legislative Council of Quebec He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec by Premier Daniel Johnson Sr. in 1967 and supported the Union Nationale. Federal politics In the 1968 Canadian federal election, Faribault was the Quebec lieutenant to Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leader Robert Stanfield Robert Lorne Stanfield (April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967 and the leader of the Official Opposition and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative ... a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faribault River
The Faribault River is a tributary of the east bank of the Chibougamau River flowing into Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in Jamésie, in the administrative region from Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. This river runs successively through the townships of Roy, Mackenzie and Blaiklock. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The Faribault River valley is served by the forest road (North-South direction) connected to the South at the route 167 which passes to Chibougamau. The surface of the Faribault River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April. Geography Toponymy At various times in history, this territory has been occupied by the Attikameks, the Algonquins and the Crees. This hydronym evokes the work of life of Eugène-Rodolphe Faribault (1869-1953), engineer. He was a member of the Mining Commission of Chibougamau, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faribault County, Minnesota
Faribault County () is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,921. Its county seat is Blue Earth. History The county was founded in 1855. It was named for Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a settler and French fur trader among the Sioux Indians. Geography Faribault County lies on the south side of Minnesota. Its southern border abuts the north border of the state of Iowa. The Blue Earth River flows northerly through the west-central part of the county; it enters from Iowa as two branches, West Branch and Middle Branch, merging at 5 miles (8 km) into the county. It is joined by East Branch near the city of Blue Earth, thence flows northward into Blue Earth County. The Maple River flows west-northwestward through the upper central part of the county, entering from Freeborn County and exiting to Blue Earth County. The Cobb River also flows through the NE part of the county, from Freeborn to Blue Earth county. The county terrain consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faribault County Courthouse
The Faribault County Courthouse in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was completed in December 1892 at a cost of $70,000. Materials included Kasota limestone, sand from the Blue Earth River bottoms, red brick above the rusticated sandstone ground floor, and clay tile for the roof. The arches at the entrance rest on short columns with foliated capitals, a hallmark of the Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ... style. Between the arches is a gargoyle in the form of a satyr's head. The most prominent feature is a seven-story tower on the corner. References {{Registered Historic Places Buildings and structures in Faribault County, Minnesota County courthouses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faribault, Minnesota
Faribault ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,352 at the 2010 census. Faribault is approximately south of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highways 3, 21, and 60 are four of Faribault's main routes. Faribault is situated at the confluence of the Cannon and Straight Rivers in southern Minnesota. History Faribault is regarded as one of the most historic communities in Minnesota, with settlement and commercial activity predating Minnesota's establishment as a U.S. Territory. Until 1745, the area was primarily occupied by the Wahpekute band of Dakotah. Shortly thereafter, the tribe was driven south after several clashes with the Ojibwe over territory. The city's namesake, Alexander Faribault, was the son of Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a French-Canadian fur trader, and Elizabeth Pelagie Kinzie Haines, a Dakotah woman. He is credited with fueling most of the early settlement in the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault
The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault is a state prison located in Faribault, Minnesota. As of March 2023, it had an adult inmate population of about 2,000 men, making it the largest prison in Minnesota by population. The facility is built on land the state has managed and maintained since 1879 when it was founded as, "Minnesota Experimental School for the Feeble Minded." This included children who were, "Deaf and Dumb and the blind." In 1882 it expanded its population to 50 students and again grew in 1887 to 303 students. In 1894, the location added a school for girls (130 students) called, "Sunnyside" (later changed to Chippewa). In 1895, the school for girls expanded to 160 and added a zoo and merry-go-arounds on campus (total population 500 in 1896). In 1898 the first Psychologist ever employed in an Institution, A.R.T. Wylie, with many publishing being written in the Journal of Psycho-Asthenics. In 1900, a hospital opened on the location, named the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faribault Woolen Mills
The Faribault Woolen Mill Company is a textile manufacturing company in Faribault, Minnesota, United States, that produces and sells wool blankets and other woolen products. Its products included ingeo, cotton, acrylic and wool bed blankets, pillows, mattresses, pads, and baby blankets, and wool, ingeo and blend throws. The company sells its products through its store in Faribault and nationwide through retailers. The Faribault Woolen Mill Company's building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 for having state-level significance in the theme of industry. It was nominated for being one of the largest and oldest fully integrated woolen mills in Minnesota. The plant closed in 2009, but reopened in September 2011 under new private ownership. At the time it closed in 2009, Faribault Woolen Mills produced more than half of the new wool blankets made in the United States and was one of the few remaining woolen mills in the country. Description The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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