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This Day in Minnesota History

March 20, 1858

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Kandiyohi County is established, at first comprising only the southern half of its present area. In 1870, the county absorbed its northern neighbor, Monongalia County. Kandiyohi, a Dakota name for some lakes in the county, means "where the buffalo fish come."

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