Draft:Lac qui Parle County seat controversy

Lac qui Parle County seat controversy
Duration	April 1885 to May 21, 1889
Location	Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
Cause	Expansion of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Outcome	Madison, Minnesota as Lac qui Parle County seat

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Instructions · What links here · Lac qui Parle County seat controversy (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 13 days ago by Cedar Tree (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Lac qui Parle County in western Minnesota had two battles for its county seat during the 1800s. The first was between Williamsburg and Lac qui Parle Village. The second was between Dawson and Madison which culminated in the county courthouse being stolen and a case being brought to the Minnesota Supreme Court.^[1]

After the establishment of Lac qui Parle County in 1871 by the Minnesota Legislature, a dispute over the county seat almost immediately erupted between Williamsburg (now extinct) and Lac qui Parle Village. In 1872, Lac qui Parle Village was given the county seat position.^[1] The county board met in the hotel and post office building of Lac qui Parle Village from 1871 to 1875, then in a rented space in the local general store until 1883 when a new wooden frame courthouse was built.^[2] This courthouse was 30 by 40 feet and two stories high.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b "National Registry of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Lac qui Parle County Courthouse" National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ "Our History | Lac qui Parle County, MN". www.lqpco.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ "Novel Phase of a Minnesota County Seat War". The Superior Times. Superior, Wisconsin. 27 November 1886. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "A County Seat on Wheels". Bismarck Weekly Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. 19 November 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[:0-1] "National Registry of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Lac qui Parle County Courthouse" National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[:1-2] "Our History | Lac qui Parle County, MN". www.lqpco.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[:5-3] "Novel Phase of a Minnesota County Seat War". The Superior Times. Superior, Wisconsin. 27 November 1886. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[4] "A County Seat on Wheels". Bismarck Weekly Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. 19 November 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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