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Becker County
Becker County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,183. Its county seat is Detroit Lakes. Part of the White Earth Indian Reservation extends into the county. The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1871. History Becker County became a county on March 18, 1858. It was named for George Loomis Becker, one of three men elected to Congress when Minnesota became a state. Since Minnesota could only send two, Becker elected to stay behind, and he was promised to have a county named after him. Colonel George Johnston founded the city of Detroit Lakes in 1871. It grew quickly with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Johnston led settlers from New England to settle in this region. An 1877 election decided that Detroit Lakes, then known as Detroit, would become the county seat. Detroit won the election by a 90% majority. Frazee, Lake Park, and Audubon were also in the running. In 1884, Detroit Lakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes is a city in the State of Minnesota and the county seat of Becker County. The population was 9,869 at the 2020 census. Its unofficial population during summer months is much higher, estimated by citizens to peak at 13,000 midsummers, due to seasonal residents and tourists. U.S. Highways 10 and 59, and Minnesota State Highway 34 serve as the primary routes through the city. Detroit Lakes is located 45 miles east of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN statistical metropolitan area. The nearest major metropolitan area with a population over 1 million is Minneapolis–Saint Paul, which is approximately 205 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes. Detroit Lakes is a regional summer and winter recreation destination, attracting large numbers of tourists and seasonal residents each year. Its economy is fueled by seasonal population increases, with tourism being the area's chief industry. History The city of Detroit Lakes was founded by Colonel George Johnston in 1871. The city's cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Detroit Lakes is a city in the State of Minnesota and the county seat of Becker County. The population was 9,869 at the 2020 census. Its unofficial population during summer months is much higher, estimated by citizens to peak at 13,000 midsummers, due to seasonal residents and tourists. U.S. Highways 10 and 59, and Minnesota State Highway 34 serve as the primary routes through the city. Detroit Lakes is located 45 miles east of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN statistical metropolitan area. The nearest major metropolitan area with a population over 1 million is Minneapolis–Saint Paul, which is approximately 205 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes. Detroit Lakes is a regional summer and winter recreation destination, attracting large numbers of tourists and seasonal residents each year. Its economy is fueled by seasonal population increases, with tourism being the area's chief industry. History The city of Detroit Lakes was founded by Colonel George Johnston in 1871. The city's cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audubon, Minnesota
Audubon is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 560 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. It is located near Lake Park as well as Detroit Lakes. Transportation U.S. Route 10 serves as a main route in the community. Business Audubon has an Orton's convenience store, a U.S. post office, an on/off sale liquor store, a grain elevator, an outdoor recreation sales dealership, a diesel repair facility, a cabinet maker, a vehicle consignment dealer, a trucking company, three churches, a wood/lumber shop and an elementary school. Team Industries has a factory facility in Audubon. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 519 people, 194 households, and 132 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 228 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.4% White, 1.7% African American, 2.1% Native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Park, Minnesota
Lake Park is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 728 at the 2020 census. History The area upon where Lake Park was founded, started to be settled in 1841 by fur traders while a Dakota encampment still existed on Lake Flora on which part of the City Park is now located. The area was originally founded as Liberty Township. In 1871, the Liberty Township Board changed the name to Lake Park Township; for which the name "Lake Park" comes from a Dakota phrase of "Where the Prairies meet the Waters" as the site became a railway stop for the Great Northern Railway by the town founder, James Canfield. The city was officially incorporated separate from the township on the along the border of Lake Park and Cuba Townships. It was thenceforth known officially as the Village of Lake Park until the 1970s, when Lake Park was converted by the State of Minnesota into a City of the Fourth Class (Population under 5,000), for which it remains today. For many deca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frazee, Minnesota
Frazee ( ) is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. It is the second-most-populous city in Becker County. The population was 1,335 at the 2020 census. History The community was originally named Detroit and later Third Crossing before adopting its name of Frazee. With Becker County not formally organized until 1871, it was the earliest settlement in the area. The city was officially incorporated on January 6, 1891.''City history: The early years'' City of Frazee. It was named after R. L. Frazee, owner of a sawmill. Frazee was the birthplace of (1925-2004), a noted operatic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie School
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament. Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the wide, flat, treeless expanses of America's native prairie landscape. The Prairie School was an attempt at developing an indigenous North American style of architecture in sympathys with the ideals and design aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement, with which it shared an embrace of handcrafting and craftsman guilds as an antidote to the dehumanizing effects of mass production. History The Prairie School developed in sympathy with the ideals and design aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement begun in the late 19th century in England by John Ruskin, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 10
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 59
U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway System. It parallels U.S. Route 75 for nearly its entire route, never much more than away, until it veers southwest in Houston, Texas. Its number is out of place since US 59 is either concurrent with or entirely west of U.S. Route 71. The highway's northern terminus is north of Lancaster, Minnesota, at the Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada–US border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59. Its southern terminus is at the Mexico–US border in Laredo, Texas, where it continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85D. Route description Texas U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) in the U.S. state of Texas is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. Senator from Texas. In northern Houston, US 59, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota State Highway 34
Minnesota State Highway 34 (MN 34) is a highway in west-central and north-central Minnesota, which runs from its Intersection (road), intersection with Minnesota State Highway 9, State Highway 9 (near Interstate 94 in Minnesota, Interstate 94/U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota, US Highway 52) in Barnesville, Minnesota, Barnesville and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highways Minnesota State Highway 200, 200 and Minnesota State Highway 371, 371 in Walker, Minnesota, Walker. The route is Concurrency (road), concurrent with U.S. Route 59, U.S. Highway 59 for in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Otter Tail and Becker County, Minnesota, Becker counties near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Detroit Lakes. Route description State Highway 34 serves as an east–west route between Barnesville, Minnesota, Barnesville, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Detroit Lakes, Park Rapids, Minnesota, Park Rapids, and Walker, Minnesota, Walker in west-central and north-central Minn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
