On This Date in Minnesota history: June 11

June 11, 1887 – The village of Hallock, county seat of Kittson County, Minn., was incorporated on this date. The town was named for one of its founders, Charles Hallock, a man from New York City who for many years came to the Northwest corner of Minnesota to hunt.


 

Charles Hallock¹

http://www.hallockmn.org/history/
¹http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/5873509245_430dfed4b2.jpg

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