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Hokah History Hokah is a Sioux or Dakota word meaning root or heron. Early maps referred to the Root River as Hokah. Hokah was also the name of a Chief, Wecheschatope in the Sioux language, whose village stood on the sit
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Document Date: 2012-05-21 19:35:28


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City

Hokah / /

Company

3rd St. Hokah Cooperative Cheese Co. / Thompson Creek / /

Event

Natural Disaster / Man-Made Disaster / /

Facility

A city hall / Park Gazebo / /

NaturalFeature

Root River / Lake Como / Como Falls / Mississippi River / Mt. Tom / /

Organization

Minnesota Historical / Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund / Works Progress Administration / /

Person

Wecheschatope / Edward Thompson / Herb Wheaton / Wells Minnesota / Grant Recipient / Clark W. Thompson / /

Position

fiery editor / controversial Hokah Chief / Chief / /

ProvinceOrState

Mississippi / /

Region

Southern Minnesota / /

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