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Shakopee (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː k ə p i / SHAH-kə-pee) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States.It is southwest of Minneapolis.Sited on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the nation's 16th-largest metropolitan area, with 3.7 million people.
The Shakopee Historic District is a historic district in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Stretching along the south bank of the Minnesota River , it encompasses pre-contact Native American habitation and burial sites, a contact-era Dakota village, early Euro-American buildings, and a ferry landing. [ 2 ]
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe.. The SMSC opened Little Six Bingo in 1982, which became Little Six Casino in 1990 following the passage of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 and the signing of a gaming compact between the SMSC and the State of Minnesota.
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The bar was founded in 1906 [3] and has had over a dozen owners. [4] A speakeasy during the Prohibition Era, the bar is rumored to have once had a secret tunnel connecting it to 5 Corners Saloon (vacant as of 2022). [5] In the 1930s, it was named Carl's Bar [3] and a brothel operated upstairs. [6] The bar was named Palmer's in 1950 by then ...
Scott County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a member of the Metropolitan Council , and shares many of the council's concerns about responsible growth management, advocating for progressive development concepts such as clustering, open-space design, and the preservation of open space ...
Shakopee was a signatory to the Treaty of Mendota of August 5, 1851, (as "Sha-k'pay"); he and other Dakota chiefs were pressured into selling 24 million acres (97,000 km 2) for pennies an acre. In 1858, Chief Shakopee traveled to Washington, D.C. as one of the major chiefs in the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute treaty delegation. [7]
The Herman Schroeder House and Livery is a historic residence in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States.The house and outbuilding were constructed in 1880 for Herman Schroeder (1854–1922), the longtime owner of Shakopee's most successful brickyard and an influential civic leader.