Complex sentence: The county was named for the Civil War Union general Isaac Stevens; it was named for him in 1862, seven years after a legislative clerical error denied him that honor in 1855 for what became Stearns County.
Split into simpler sentences: The county was named for the Civil War Union general Isaac Stevens. It was named for him in 1862, seven years after a legislative clerical error denied him that honor in 1855 for what became Stearns County.