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MANKATO , a city and the county-seat of BlueSee also: Earth county, See also: Minnesota, U.S.A., at the See also: southern See also: bend of the Minnesota See also: river, where it is joined by the Blue Earth about 86 m
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S.W. of Minneapolis
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Pop
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(1890), 8838; (1900), 10,599, of whom 2578 were See also: foreign-See also: born; (1910 census), 10,365
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Mankato is served by the See also: Chicago, St
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See also: Paul, Minneapolis & See also: Omaha, the Chicago & See also: North-Western (both " North -Western Lines "), the Chicago, See also: Milwaukee & St Paul, and the Chicago See also: Great-Western See also: railways
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The city has two See also: fine parks, a See also: Carnegie library, a Federal See also: building, the Immanuel and St See also: Joseph hospitals, two commercial colleges, and a See also: state normal school (1868)
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The numerous lakes in the neighbourhood, particularly Lake See also: Madison and Lake See also: Washington, are widely known as summer resorts
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Four See also: miles west of the city is Minneopa state See also: park (See also: area, 6o acres), in which are Minneopa Falls (6o ft.) and a fine See also: gorge; the park was established by the state in 1905-1906
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Mankato has an extensive See also: trade in See also: dairy and agricultural products (especially grain), See also: stone (a pinkish
See also: buff See also: limestone is quarried in the vicinity), and See also: forest products
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The value of its factory products increased from $1,887,315 in 1900 to $3,422,117 in 1905, or 81.3%
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Mankato was settled about 1853, and was first chartered as a city in 1868
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On or near the site of the city stood a See also: village of the Mankato (" blue earth ") See also: band of the Mdewakanton See also: Sioux, who derived their name from one of their chiefs, " Old Mankato." In this region occurred the Sioux uprising of 1862, and from this point operations were carried on which eventually resulted in the subjugation of the See also: Indians and the See also: hanging, at Mankato, in See also: December 1862, of 38 leaders of the revolt
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In the uprising the Mankato band was led by another chief named Mankato, who took See also: part in the attack on Ft Ridgeley, Minn., in See also: August, in the engagement on the 3rd of See also: September at Birch See also: Coolie, Minn., and in that on the 23rd of September at See also: Wood Lake, where he was killed
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