with significant support from the Mayo Clinic.

History

19th century

Fertile land, trapping, and ease of access brought first trappers and then the early pioneers to this region. The rich gameland attracted Austin Nichols, a trapper who built the first log cabin in 1853. At that time there were "about twenty families in the area." In 1855, more settlers began to arrive by wagon train from New England, upstate New

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