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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 Minnesota Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair, an interactive outdoor event which focuses on recreating the look and feel of a fictional 16th Century "England-like" fantasy kingdom. [1] It operates during seven consecutive weekends, from mid-August until the final week in September (or sometimes the first weekend in October) on a ...
Shakopee: Ornate 1880 house and outbuilding of Herman Schroeder (1854–1922), longtime owner of Shakopee's most successful brickyard and an influential civic leader. [24] 20: Shakopee Historic District: Shakopee Historic District: April 11, 1972 : 1801–2187 County Highway 101
Scott County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 150,928. [3] Its county seat is Shakopee. [4] Shakopee is also the largest city in Scott County, the twenty-first-largest city in Minnesota, and the sixteenth-largest Twin Cities suburb.
Soak City is an outdoor water park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States, within the Valleyfair amusement park, and owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. It is included with theme park admission.
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 ]
The Battle of Shakopee is considered the final conflict between the Ojibwe and Dakota tribes, a long-lasting and bloody rivalry. A marker that once stood at the 1938 National Youth Administration overlook of U.S. Highway 212 [ 9 ] stated "This was the last important battle between these tribes in Minnesota."
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.