The Minnesota Book of Days http://events.mnhs.org/bookofdays The Minnesota Book of Days is a entertaining and educational day-by-day account of Minnesota history, chronicling important events, famous firsts, notable individuals, and interesting incidents. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:00 CST en-us Copyright 2009 Minnesota Historical Society 1849http://events.mnhs.org/bookofdays/?eventID=1170The St. Anthony Library Association is formed. A subscription library, it allows dues-paying members to borrow books and is a precursor to the free public library, which would be authorized by an 1879 law permitting tax levies to support libraries.1902http://events.mnhs.org/bookofdays/?eventID=1171The steamer <i>Bannockburn</i> and its twenty-member crew is seen for the last time as it sets forth from Duluth, later disappearing somewhere on Lake Superior.1924http://events.mnhs.org/bookofdays/?eventID=1172The steamer <i>Merton E. Farr</i> strikes and heavily damages the Duluth-Superior Bridge.