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Cokato is home to the Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio. The museum is a local history museum chronicling the story of the people of Cokato and the surrounding townships in southwest Wright County. The Akerlund Studio is a restored photography studio, and home of Gust Akerlund, who operated it during the early 20th century. [15]
Dassel is in eastern Meeker County. U.S. Highway 12 and Minnesota State Highway 15 are two of the main routes in the city. US 12 passes through Dassel as Parker Avenue, leading west-northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Litchfield, the Meeker county seat, and east 6 miles (10 km) to Cokato, while MN 15 passes through the west side of the city, leading north 16 miles (26 km) to Kimball and south 15 ...
Cokato Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,238 at the 2000 census. Cokato Township was organized in 1868, and named for the Sioux language word meaning "at the middle". [3] The 1896 Cokato Temperance Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]
Dassel Township is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,361 at the 2000 census. The population was 1,361 at the 2000 census. The township surrounds the city of Dassel .
The Viking Council was founded on October 15, 1910, as the Minneapolis Council. In 1952, the name was changed to Viking Council. [2] At the time of the merger with Indianhead Council, the geography of the Viking Council spanned from Minneapolis to the South Dakota border.
The Dassel History Center & Ergot Museum, operated by the Dassel Area Historical Society established the museum in 2006 in the historic Universal Laboratories building. The museum features permanent exhibits relating to local history of Dassel, Minnesota alongside the story of ergot, a fungus that has had a profound impact on humanity.
The Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio is a local history museum in Cokato, Minnesota, United States, focused on the city of Cokato and the surrounding townships of southwest Wright County. The museum comprises two adjacent buildings, the modern museum hall and the August Akerlund Photographic Studio —the only known early-20th-century ...
Now a museum, the Cokato Temperance Hall was a historic clubhouse built in 1896 to serve as an alcohol-free social center in a rural Finnish American community. Maintained by the Cokato Finnish American Historical Society. [20] Cold Spring Area Historical Society Museum: Cold Spring