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Jacobson was successful, and on May 21, 1889, Madison was officially approved as the county seat of Lac qui Parle County. [1] New Lac qui Parle County Courthouse, built in 1899. A new county courthouse was built in 1899, [2] which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] On June 21, 1899, a cornerstone-laying ceremony ...
The county seat was established at Lac qui Parle village. In 1884 a settlement was platted at the railway stop in Madison Township (named for Madison, Wisconsin). The settlement, also named Madison, was incorporated in 1885, and in 1889 the county government was moved from Lac qui Parle village to this new town, which incorporated as a city in ...
The upper part of the county's western boundary is formed by the outline of Lac qui Parle reservoir, which was formed when the Minnesota River was dammed in 1939. The Minnesota River flows southeast from the lake, along the county's southwestern border, while the Chippewa River flows south through the western part of the county to discharge ...
Dec. 3—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Land Exchange Board, over the opposition of Lac qui Parle County, approved the sale of 80 acres of land to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for ...
The Lac qui Parle County Fair , known for decades as the "Little Minnesota State Fair," is set to celebrate its 150th year ... Sep. 2—MADISON — While for many the Minnesota State Fair is the ...
By 1831, he had moved to what was then Michigan Territory, but would later become Wisconsin Territory and Minnesota Territory, to work at Joseph Renville’s Lac qui Parle trading post. [3] He married Angelique Agathe Renville, eldest daughter of Joseph Renville and Mary Tokanne (a Dakota noblewoman and early Christian convert).
Lac qui Parle Township (/ l æ k k iː ˈ p ɑːr l / LAK KEE PARL) [3] is a township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 183 at the 2000 census. Lac qui Parle Township was organized in 1873, and named for the county in which it is located.
Lac qui Parle (/ ˌ l æ k k iː ˈ p ɑːr l / LAK kee PARL) [2] is an unincorporated community in Lac qui Parle Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. [1] Lac qui Parle Village is the county's first permanently settled community, starting in 1868. [3] During the Dakota war of 1862, the community was vacated. [3]