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Andrews, Christopher Columbus (1829–1922)
Christopher Columbus (C. C.) Andrews was a Minnesota lawyer and publisher known for his military service in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas during the Civil War. After working as an international diplomat in the 1870s and 80s, he embarked on a second career as a pioneer of scientific forestry and Minnesota's first chief fire warden. His work led to the creation of the two national forests in Minnesota and a state forest named in his honor.
Christopher Columbus Andrews was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, attended Harvard Law School, and practiced law in Boston and Kansas. A prolific writer, he wrote a series of articles for the Boston Post about his travels through Minnesota and Dakota Territories in 1856. He settled in St. Cloud in 1857.
A Democrat, Andrews served in the Minnesota Senate from 1859 until 1860, when he campaigned for presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas. After the Civil War began, however, he and twenty young men from St. Cloud reported for duty at Fort Snelling. He was elected captain of his company, part of the Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Observers praised the Third for their professional appearance, skill, and cleanliness, frequently mistaking them for Regular Army troops
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THE LIFE OF
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
FROM HIS OWN LETTERS AND JOURNALS
AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS OF HIS TIME.
by EDWARD EVERETT HALE,
[This was originally done on the 400th Anniversary
of 1492, as was the great Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Interesting how our heroes have all been de-canonized in the
interest of Political Correctitude]
—Comments by Michael S. Hart
PREFACE.
This book contains a life of Columbus, written with the hope of interesting all classes of readers.
His life has often been written, and it has sometimes been well written. The great boo