Beltrami, J.C. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America Leading to the Discovery of the
            Mississippi and Bloody Rivers, with a Description of the Whole Course 
            Of the Former, and of the Ohio. London, 1828. 2 vols.

Bray, Martha Coleman. Joseph Nicollet and His Map. 2nd edition. Philadelphia: 
	American Philosophical Society, 1994.

Child, Brenda J. Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families 1900-1940.
        University of Nebraska Press, 1998.

Dickinson, Diane. "Buena Vista, Gone but not Forgotten." mss.  (Minnesota Historical 
	Society library).


Folwell, William Watts. A History of Minnesota. 3 vols. St. Paul: Minnesota 
	Historical Society Press, repr.1956-1969. (4 vols. In 1st edition)


Gates, Charles M. (ed.) Five Fur Traders of the Northwest. St. Paul: Minnesota 
	Historical Society, 1965.


Hagg, Harold T. The Mississippi Headwaters Region: Scenes from the Past. 
	Beltrami Historical Society: Bemidji, MN, 1986.(Excellent one-
        Volume account of early history, logging, settlement, transportation,
        farming, tourism, politics, and other topics.}

Hagg, Harold T. "Buena Vista: Vanished Boom Town," Gopher Historian, 
	Winter, 1962-63, pp.6-10


Hawkinson, Ella. "The Old Crossing Treaty and its Sequel," Minnesota History, XV
        (1934), 282-300.

Hill, A.J. "Constantine Beltrami," Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, 
	II, repr. 1889, pp. 185-196.


Hoffbeck, Steven. Frontier Hotel Keeper:  John Wesley Speelman and Buena Vista, 
	Minnesota. Thesis (M.A.) University of Vermont, 1989. [Excellent account
        Of Speelman and Buena Vista.] 


Kappler, Charles J. Indian Treaties 1778-1883. New York, 1972.
            Treaty with the Chippewa - Red Lake and Pembina Bands, 1863. [The Old  
	 	Crossing Treaty], pp. 853-855.
            Treaty with the Chippewa -- Red Lake and Pembina Bands, 1864. pp.861-862.


Larsen, Arthur J. The Development of the Minnesota Road System. Minnesota  
	Historical Society, St. Paul. (© 1966).


Long, Stephen H. The Northern Expeditions of Stephen H. Long: The Journals of 
	1817 and 1823 and Related Documents,  edited by Lucile M. Kane, Jane D. 
	Holmquist, and Carolyn Gilman. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1978.

Miceli, Augusto P. The Man with the Red Umbrella. Baton Rouge, 1974. [Biography
        Of Beltrami.]

Minutes of the Beltrami County Commissioners, 1894-1897.

Mittelholz, Erwin. Historical Review of the Red Lake Indian Reservation . . . . 
	General Council of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and the Beltrami 
	Historical Society, 1957. 

Nebish History and Memories, for sale Marie Todavich, Rt#1, Puposky,MN 56667	

Norwood, Dr. Joseph G. Geological Survey of Portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota
            Made During the Years 1847, '48, '49, and '50. Under the Guidance of David 
            Dale Owen, M.D., United States Geologist by Joseph G. Norwood Assistant
            Geologist. Published as part of Report of a Geological Survey 
            of Wisconsin,Iowa, and Minnesota; and Incidentally of a Portion 
            of Nebraska Territory. Made under Instructions from the United States 
            Treasury Department by David Dale Owen, United States 
            Geologist. Philadelphia, 1852.      

Rachuy, Hilda R. North Country later North Country History.Vo. I.2
            (1973) through IV.3 (1992) © Hilda R. Rachuy (1973-1992).  
            (Invaluable collection of accounts by pioneers and their children.)

Schoolcraft, Henry R. A Summary Narrative of the Exploratory Expeditions to the
            Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820: Resumed and Completed by the
            Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832. Philadelphia: 1855.

Squires, James Duane. "Historical Sketches of the Lake Julia Region." mss., 1936.

Thompson, David. David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western 
            America 1784-1812, ed. J.B.Tyrrell. Toronto, 1916.

To Walk the Red Road: Memories of the Red Lake Ojibwe People. Project 	      
            Preserve, Red Lake High School. Red Lake Board of Education, 1989.
             [See also the following volume We Choose to Remember.] 

Vandersluis, Dr. Charles. Once Covered with Pine, Vol. I, (© 1966 by 	
            Beverley Vandersluis; Vol. II, (© 1987 by Beverley  Vandersluis.


Vandersluis, Dr. Charles. A Brief History of Beltrami County. Beltrami Historical 	
            Society: nd.


Vandersluis, Dr. Charles. Mainly Logging. Minneota Clinic, Minneota, MN: (© 
            1974 Beverley Vandersluis. [contains narratives by Euclid 
            J.Bourgeois, "Thoughts While Strolling"; John G. Morrison, 
            Jr., "Never a Dull Moment"; Charles L. Wight, "Reminiscences 
            of a Cruiser."
Vandersluis, Dr. Charles. Vandersluis Papers, BCHS.



Vizenor, Gerald. The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories
            Minneapolis:  University of Minnesota Press, (1984)

Warren, William. History of the Ojibway People.  St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984.

We Choose to Remember: More Memories of the Red Lake Ojibwe People.
            Students of Project Reserve. Red Lake, MN., copyright 1991
            [A second volume issued after To Walk the Red Road.]
           

A.C.Clark Library of Bemidji State University provides access to on-line 
      PALS libraries (about sixty), including the Minnesota Historical 
      Society's Library.
        

The Minnesota Historical Society's Web page. This site has a variety 
      of interesting exhibits. Under Historic Sites 
      it describes the Forest History Center.    
      Under Research it gives useful information on the 
      Society's Research Information System. 
      Under Preserving the Past it has a Directory of 
      Minnesota Historical Organizations.