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The Old Wadena Historic District is a concentration of historical archaeology sites now largely contained within Old Wadena County Park in Thomastown Township, Minnesota, United States. Features include the sites of four successive trading posts established in 1782, 1792, 1825, and 1856; the original townsite of Wadena on the Red River Trails ...
The town took the name of a trading post 15 miles (24 km) to the east, which had flourished for several years but was largely abandoned by that time. The trading post was named for Chief Wadena, an Ojibwe Indian chief of the late 19th century in northwestern Minnesota. [4] Wadena County comprises 15 townships, first surveyed in 1863.
The Snake River Trading Post is a reconstructed fur trade post on the Snake River west of Pine City, Minnesota, United States. The post was established in the fall of 1804 by John Sayer, a partner in the North West Company, and built by his crew of voyageurs. The site operated for several years, although its exact period of operation is unknown.
Réaume's Trading Post (Smithsonian trinomial 21WD15) was a trading post established on the Leaf River in 1792 in what is now Wing River Township, Minnesota, United States. No visible traces remain at the site, which is on private property, but archaeological investigations have identified several features.
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Wadena County Historical Society Museum. The first permanent settlement at Wadena was made in 1871. [7] The city is named after Chief Wadena, an Ojibwe Indian chief of the late 19th century in northwestern Minnesota. [8] A post office has been in operation at Wadena since 1873. [9] Wadena was incorporated in 1881. [7]
The village of Shell City was established by William E. Kindred as the Kindred post office in 1879. The townsite was then sold to Francis M. Yoder and Sewall Chandler in 1881 and the name was changed to Shell City in 1882. The town failed to develop as hoped, and the post office was discontinued in 1901. [1]
Wing River Township is a township in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 430 at the 2000 census. The population was 430 at the 2000 census. It is named for the Wing River , which joins the Leaf River in the township.