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Chokio Minnesota Gallery


Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1900
Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1900
Courtesy Stevens County Museum and Historical Society - click image to enlarge


Depot and Elevators, Chokio Minnesota, 1900
Depot and Elevators, Chokio Minnesota, 1900
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Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1908
Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1908
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Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1908
Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1908
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Grain Elevators, Chokio Minnesota, 1910's1
Grain Elevators, Chokio Minnesota, 1910s
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Public School, Chokio Minnesota, 1910's
Public School, Chokio Minnesota, 1910
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Stevens County Minnesota (Images of America) Stevens County Minnesota (Images of America)
The land area that came to be known as Stevens County was ceded to the United States government by the Dakota Indians in the treaty of the Traverse des Sioux in 1851. Government and railroad exploration parties, Red River Trail oxcarts, and pioneers and missionaries had come through the area long before it was officially ceded or settled. After the Dakota uprising of 1862, the United States government made the decision to put a fort in Dakota Territory. In 1864, Fort Wadsworth, later called Fort Sisseton, was built. Mule teams with supplies for soldiers and Native Americans, and pioneers began traveling in greater numbers across the tallgrass prairies of Stevens County from St. Cloud and into Dakota Territory. Pioneers from many different countries settled in Stevens County to break up the prairie sod and plant wheat and tree claims on their homesteaded land. Grasshoppers, prairie fires, and blizzards tested their determination, but the hardy ones survived to provide for their children's education, organize local governments, and build homes, churches, and businesses.
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St. Mary's Church, Chokio Minnesota, 1910's
St. Mary's Church, Chokio Minnesota, 1910s
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Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1911
Main Street, Chokio Minnesota, 1911
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Main Street after blizzard, Chokio Minnesota, 1917
Main Street after blizzard, Chokio Minnesota, 1917
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Hospital at 5th and Pacific in Chokio Minnesota, 1918
Hospital at 5th and Pacific in Chokio Minnesota, 1918
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Frank Gieselman hauling grain into Chokio Minnesota, 1919
Frank Gieselman hauling grain into Chokio Minnesota, 1919
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Chokio School, Chokio Minnesota, 1942
Chokio School, Chokio Minnesota, 1942
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Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 1955
Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 1955
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Aerial view, Chokio Minnesota, 1972
Aerial view, Chokio Minnesota, 1972
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Entering Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Entering Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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Chokio Alberta State 9-Man Football Champions, 1991 and 1993
Chokio Alberta State 9-Man Football Champions, 1991 and 1993
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Our Savior Lutheran Church, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Our Savior Lutheran Church, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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Post Office, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Post Office, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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Chokio City Offices, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Chokio City Offices, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
Street scene, Chokio Minnesota, 2008
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