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MANKATO

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 586 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANKATO , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Blue See 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. S.W. of Minneapolis. Pop. (1890), 8838; (1900), 10,599, of whom 2578 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 10,365. Mankato is served by the See also:Chicago, St. 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. 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). The numerous lakes in the neighbourhood, particularly See also:Lake See also:Madison and Lake See also:Washington, are widely known as summer resorts. Four See also:miles See also: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. Mankato has an extensive See also:trade in See also:dairy and agricultural products (especially See also:grain), See also:stone (a pinkish See also:buff See also:limestone is quarried in the vicinity), and See also:forest products. The value of its factory products increased from $1,887,315 in 1900 to $3,422,117 in 1905, or 81.3%. Mankato was settled about 1853, and was first chartered as a city in 1868.

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. In the uprising the Mankato band was led by another See also: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 See also: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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