On This Date in Minnesota History: November 23

November 23, 1910 – “On [this date], Pennington County was split from Red Lake County with the county seat at Thief River Falls."¹

The county was named after Edmund Pennington, general manager and vice president of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway company.<sup>2

1</sup>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolk/

²Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 406.