Ginseng Boom in Rice County, 1858–1859
Colored engraving of ginseng by Jacob Bigelow (1786–1879). From Wikimedia Commons: "'American medical botany being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet and the arts,'" by Jacob Bigelow, 1786/7–1879. Publication in Boston by Cummings and Hilliard, 1817–1820.”
Bibliography
AnDyke, Frank. “F.M. AnDyke Presents Recollections From Early Pioneer Days in Cannon City Village.” Northfield Independent, February 3, 1938.
“Ginseng.” Centinel of Freedom, June 10, 1859.
Lass, William E. “Ginseng Rush in Minnesota.” Minnesota History 41, no. 6 (Summer 1969): 249–266.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/41/v41i06p249-266.pdf
“Minnesota Items.” The Wabashaw County Herald, July 16, 1859.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Wild Ginseng in Minnesota.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/ginseng/index.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Panax quinquefolius.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=PDARA09010
Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder, ed. “Warren Wakefield-1854.” In Old Rail Fence Corners: The A.B.C.'s of Minnesota History: Authentic Incidents [technically he needs page numbers here…if you can’t find them, just leave it blank]. Austin, MN: F. H. McCulloch, 1914.
Neill, Edward D., & Charles S. Bryant. History of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota and Outline History of the State of Minnesota. Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Co., 1882.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100770620
“State Items.” Stillwater Messenger, June 14, 1859.
Stephenson, Astrid. “The Mysterious Powers of American Ginseng.” Folklife, March 27, 2019. https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mysterious-medicinal-economic-powers-american-ginseng
Stevens, Dr. W. H. “The Ginseng Excitement.” Peninsular and Independent Medical Journal, Devoted to Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy 8 (September 1859): 315–316. https://archive.org/stream/peninsularindepe02detr/peninsularindepe02detr_djvu.txt
“The Ginseng Trade.” Grant County Witness (Lancaster, WI), June 16, 1859.
National Plant Data Center. American Ginseng, Plant Guide. US Department of Agriculture. https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_paqu.pdf
“Two Hundred Years of U.S. Trade with China (1784-1984)” in Asia for Educators. Columbia University, 2009.
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1750_us.htm
Wood, Esther R. “Historic Northfield.” Northfield Independent, November 20, 1919.
Chronology
Late 1600s
1784
1851
1857
1857
1858
1858
1858
1859
1945
1973
1984
Bibliography
AnDyke, Frank. “F.M. AnDyke Presents Recollections From Early Pioneer Days in Cannon City Village.” Northfield Independent, February 3, 1938.
“Ginseng.” Centinel of Freedom, June 10, 1859.
Lass, William E. “Ginseng Rush in Minnesota.” Minnesota History 41, no. 6 (Summer 1969): 249–266.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/41/v41i06p249-266.pdf
“Minnesota Items.” The Wabashaw County Herald, July 16, 1859.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Wild Ginseng in Minnesota.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/ginseng/index.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Panax quinquefolius.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=PDARA09010
Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder, ed. “Warren Wakefield-1854.” In Old Rail Fence Corners: The A.B.C.'s of Minnesota History: Authentic Incidents [technically he needs page numbers here…if you can’t find them, just leave it blank]. Austin, MN: F. H. McCulloch, 1914.
Neill, Edward D., & Charles S. Bryant. History of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota and Outline History of the State of Minnesota. Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Co., 1882.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100770620
“State Items.” Stillwater Messenger, June 14, 1859.
Stephenson, Astrid. “The Mysterious Powers of American Ginseng.” Folklife, March 27, 2019. https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mysterious-medicinal-economic-powers-american-ginseng
Stevens, Dr. W. H. “The Ginseng Excitement.” Peninsular and Independent Medical Journal, Devoted to Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy 8 (September 1859): 315–316. https://archive.org/stream/peninsularindepe02detr/peninsularindepe02detr_djvu.txt
“The Ginseng Trade.” Grant County Witness (Lancaster, WI), June 16, 1859.
National Plant Data Center. American Ginseng, Plant Guide. US Department of Agriculture. https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_paqu.pdf
“Two Hundred Years of U.S. Trade with China (1784-1984)” in Asia for Educators. Columbia University, 2009.
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1750_us.htm
Wood, Esther R. “Historic Northfield.” Northfield Independent, November 20, 1919.