Jacob V. Brower
Writer, Author
1844 – 1905
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Who was Jacob V. Brower?
Jacob Vandenberg Brower was a prolific writer of the Upper Midwest region of the United States who championed the location and protection of the utmost headwaters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
He was born in Michigan and moved to Minnesota. In 1862 he served with Henry Hastings Sibley during wars against the Sioux in Minnesota.
After the war he was County Auditor and County Attorney for Todd County, Minnesota. The City of Browerville, Minnesota, which he originally plotted, is named in his honor.
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