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The St. Croix Indian Reservation is not a contiguous Indian reservation in the typical sense, but instead consists of small disconnected tracts of land placed into federal reservation or off-reservation trust land status. The tracts represent communities made up of families who have frequently lived in the same vicinity for generations.
After the Sandy Lake Tragedy in the autumn and winter of 1850, the St. Croix Band and other Ojibwe bands, with public support and outcry throughout the United States, were spared from the Indian removal policy. The St. Croix and other bands entered treaty negotiations with the US to establish a reservation for each of the Ojibwe bands ...
The river is 43.9 miles (70.7 km) long, [1] with its source being in central Douglas County near Upper St. Croix Lake. It flows through the Brule River State Forest , and drains into Lake Superior .
On Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi (1718) by Guillaume Delisle and on A Map of North America (1768) by John Blair, the St. Croix River—more specifically what was then known as the east branch of the St. Croix River (known today as the Namekagon River)—is shown as the Ouasisacadeba, a French representation of the Dakota name ...
Two-story brick office building built in 1913 for the local newspaper that Abe Van Meter began as the St. Croix Republican in 1869, and evolved through mergers and 100 years of Van Meters to today's New Richmond News. [49] 25: New Richmond Roller Mills Co. May 31, 1988 : 201 Knowles Ave., N
Evidence indicates that this area has been inhabited for 10,000 to 12,000 years. In 1840, St. Croix County covered a large portion of northwest Wisconsin Territory. In 1853, the Wisconsin State Legislature split St. Croix County into Pierce, Polk, and Saint Croix counties.
In northern Polk County, it gathers the Fox Creek near White Ash Lake and traverses several lakes throughout its course. The river flows through the city of Amery and the villages of Star Prairie and Somerset. It joins the St. Croix River 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Stillwater, Minnesota.
The Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway is a federally protected system of riverways located in eastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. [1] It protects 252 miles (406 km) of river, including the St. Croix River (on the Wisconsin/Minnesota border), and the Namekagon River (in Wisconsin), as well as adjacent land along the rivers. [2]