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Kittson County, Minnesota
Kittson County is a county in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Minnesota along the Canada–US border, south of the Canadian province of Manitoba. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,207. Its county seat is Hallock. History Evidence of occupation dating back 1800 years has been confirmed through archaeological expeditions done in the 1930s and 1970s around the burial mounds on the sand ridges in the eastern part of the county, which date to the Woodland Period. Evidence has been found that the Laurel, Arvilla, St. Croix, and Blackduck complexes were the area's early occupants. About 400 years ago, the Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ..., Assiniboine people, Assiniboine, Sioux and Ojibway inhabited the county. The early explorers of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Bronson State Park
Lake Bronson State Park is a state park off of Kittson County Highway 28 East near Lake Bronson in the northwestern corner of Minnesota. Geology The park is now dominated by Lake Bronson, and represents a transition between prairie and forest which supports a variety of wildlife. Thousands of years ago the area was covered by Glacial Lake Agassiz. Lake Agassiz retreated in stages leaving gravel ridges along a generally flat terrain. Streams quietly cut through these ridges and the dam that created Lake Bronson is blocking one of these ridges along the South Branch of the Two Rivers. History Kittson County has no natural lakes, which is unusual for Minnesota. In the early 1930s, during the Great Depression, Kittson County was going through a drought. Local officials decided to build a reservoir on the South Branch of Two Rivers near the city of Bronson. Supporters lobbied the state and federal government to fund the project, and in 1936, funding was finally made available. By t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Fur Company
The North West Company was a Canadian fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later became Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great wealth at stake, tensions between the companies increased to the point where several minor armed skirmishes broke out, and the two companies were forced by the British government to merge. Before the Company After the French landed in Quebec in 1608, independent French-Canadian traders commonly known as spread out and built a fur trade empire in the St. Lawrence basin. The French competed with the Dutch (from 1614) and English (1664) in New York and the English in Hudson Bay (1670). Unlike the French who traveled into the northern interior and traded with First Nations in their camps and villages, the English made bases at trading posts on Hudson Bay, inviting the indigenous people to trade. After 1731, pushed trade west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humboldt, Minnesota
Humboldt is a city in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 41 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Humboldt has been in operation since 1896. The city is reportedly named after Alexander von Humboldt, who was actively exploring in the Americas and later operating as a diplomat (and therefore his exploits were widely published) over the period 1797–1858. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. U.S. Route 75 serves as a main route in the community. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 45 people, 20 households, and 16 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 26 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 91.1% White and 8.9% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.3% of the population. There were 20 households, of which 15.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northcote, Minnesota
Northcote ( ) is an unincorporated community in Hampden Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along U.S. Highway 75 near Kittson County Road 4. Nearby places include Hallock and Lancaster Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty .... The North Branch of Two Rivers flows nearby. It was founded as a center of commerce for the surrounding farms and has slowly dwindled in population over the years. There are no records that the settlement was ever incorporated into a village. The settlement was in the heart of a great farming area. Jeff and Annette Homstad are the only remaining current residents of Northcote Mn. A post office called Northcote was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1974. The community was named f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy, Minnesota
Kennedy is a city in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 176 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Kennedy has been in operation since 1881. The city was named for John Stewart Kennedy, a businessman and philanthropist. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 193 people, 89 households, and 54 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 114 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.4% White, 1.0% Asian, and 0.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of the population. There were 89 households, of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.3% were non-families. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donaldson, Minnesota
Donaldson is a city in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 20 at the 2020 census. U.S. Route 75 and Minnesota State Highway 11 are two of the main arterial routes in the community. History A post office called Donaldson has been in operation since 1884. The city was named for Captain W. Donaldson, a local farmer. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the 2010 census, there were 42 people, 17 households, and 12 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 21 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White. There were 17 households, of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.4% were non-families. 29.4% of all househol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Métis In The United States
The Métis ( , , , ) are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They have a shared history and culture, deriving from specific mixed European (primarily French, Scottish, and English) and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous ancestry (primarily Cree with strong kinship to Cree people and communities), which became distinct through ethnogenesis by the mid-18th century, during the early years of the North American fur trade. In Canada, the Métis, with a population of 624,220 as of 2021, are one of three legally recognized Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples in the ''Constitution Act, 1982'', along with the First Nations in Canada, First Nations and Inuit. The term ''Métis'' (uppercase 'M') typically refers to the specific community of people defined as the Métis Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseau County, Minnesota
Roseau County () is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,331. Its county seat is Roseau. Roseau County borders the Canadian province of Manitoba. Part of the Red Lake Indian Reservation is in Roseau County. History Roseau County was once the home of many Ojibwe, Sioux, and Mandan tribes. Archeologists have found artifacts within the county belonging to these tribes that date back 7,200 years. More recent history includes fur trappers and European-based explorers. By 1822, a fur-trading post was established in the area. In 1885, the future Roseau City hosted four settlers; by 1895 there were 600, and the area was incorporated as Roseau. By the mid-1880s the early settlers of eastern Kittson County were feeling the disadvantage of their location, far from the county seat, and petitioned the government for a separate county. On December 31, 1894, Governor Knute Nelson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall County, Minnesota
Marshall County is a County (United States), county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,040. Its county seat is Warren, Minnesota, Warren. History The Minnesota legislature created the county on February 25, 1879, with territory partitioned from the southern half of Kittson County, Minnesota, Kittson County, with Warren, Minnesota, Warren (which was first platted that same year) as the county seat. It was named for William Rainey Marshall, who served as Minnesota governor from 1866 to 1870. Marshall County was the location of a claimed Unidentified flying object, UFO incident in 1979, the Val Johnson incident. Geography Marshall County lies on Minnesota's border with North Dakota (across the Red River of the North, Red River, which flows north along the county's western border). The Snake River (Red River of the North tributary), Snake River rises in Polk County, Minnesota, Polk County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Territory
The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Minnesota and the western portion became unorganized territory and shortly after was reorganized as part of the Dakota Territory. History The Minnesota Territory was formed on March 3, 1849, encompassing the entirety of the present-day state of Minnesota and the majority portions of modern-day North and South Dakota east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers. At the time of formation there were an estimated 5,000 settlers living in the Territory. There were no roads from adjoining Wisconsin or Iowa. The easiest access to the region was via waterway, of which the Mississippi River was primary. The primary mode of transport was the riverboat. Minnesota Territory had three significant pioneer settlements: St. Paul, St. Anthony/Minneapolis, and Stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kittson
Norman Wolfred Kittson (March 6, 1814 – May 10, 1888) was one of early Minnesota's most prominent citizens. He was a fur trader, then a steamboat-line operator and finally a railway entrepreneur and owner of thoroughbred racehorses. He was part of the original syndicate that created the Canadian Pacific Railway. Kittson County, Minnesota is named for him. Norman County, Minnesota also was named for him. Early years Norman Wolfred Kittson was the eighth of ten children born to George Kittson (1779–1832), merchant, Justice of the Peace, clerk of the Commisariat and King's auctioneer at Sorel, and later Principal Cashier of the Bank of Canada in Montreal, both in Lower Canada. Norman Wolfred's mother, Ann Tucker of Sorel, was the daughter of Sergeant John Tucker (d.1782) of the 53rd Regiment of Foot. Norman was born 6 March 1814, and baptized on 27 March of the same year in Sorel. His middle name 'Wolfred' was given to Norman to honour a family friend, Wolfred Nelson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Rolette
Joseph Rolette, Jr. (23 October 1820 – 16 May 1871) was an American fur trader and politician during Minnesota's territorial era and the Civil War. His father was Jean Joseph Rolette, often referred to as Joe Rolette the Elder, a French-Canadian and trader himself. Joseph Rolette's mother was Jane Fisher, who married Joe Rolette, Sr. in 1818 when she was about 13 or 14 years old. Jane's relatives took young Joseph to New York. Joseph's parents separated in 1836 but never divorced due to their Catholic faith. As part of the settlement, Rolette Sr. built what is today known as the Brisbois House for his estranged wife on Water Street, St. Feriole Island, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. As his sense of adventure developed, Joe Jr. headed back west in 1840, and by the time he was 21, he was working for his father's partners' in the Red River valley area of Minnesota. Some names in Minnesota history (Henry Hastings Sibley and Ramsey Crooks) were running a fur trading company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
