Henry Mower Rice
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Henry Rice was brought to St. Paul by the fur trade in 1849 and quickly made a fortune in real estate. Later, he served as a Territorial representative to Congress, and as one of Minnesota's first U.S. senators. He died in 1894 and was buried at the Oakland Cemetery.
Photographer: Matthew B. Brady
Date: Approximately 1863
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery
Just three blocks east of Rice Street lies, very quietly, one of St. Paul’s loveliest, most serene, and most interesting greenspaces – the Oakland Cemetery. Founded in 1853, Oakland is St. Paul’s oldest public cemetery. It is also a relatively early…