Sauk Rapids and Benton County
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: May 27, 2002
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738519609
Subjects: Travel - United States; History; History: American; General; United States - Midwest - Minnesota; United States - State & Local - General
First sentence: "Mille Lacs" (pronounced 'mil 'laks) is a French term used by early explorers and fur traders meaning "1,000 Lakes," and referred to this central Minnesota region.
Description: Sauk Rapids and Benton County tells the rich and interesting history of one of the oldest counties in the state of Minnesota.  Featuring nearly 200 photographs, the book takes the reader on a historic tour of the past from the Indian settlements of the Ojibwe, to the Great Northern Railroad, to the Sauk Rapids cyclone of 1886, to the Benton County ancestors, and to their present-day descendants with their businesses, industries, and daily activities.
Notes: Images of America: Minnesota
Table of contents: title: Introduction - 7; title: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians - 9; title: The Great Northern Pacific Railroad - 15; title: Sauk Rapids Cyclone of 1886 - 21; title: Settlers and Their Descendants - 33; title: Businesses and the Local Economy - 59; title: Early Industries - 89; title: Daily Life and Activities - 107