Friday, November 23, 2018

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.2

1http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolk/

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




https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Pennington_County_(MN)
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