Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Battle Lake Minnesota is a small resort town nestled in between a couple of lakes with a population of around 800 people. There is another dozen lakes within a five mile radius of the town. The name comes from the many Indian battles between the Sioux and Chippewa tribes in the late 1700's and early 1800's. According to Wikipedia

"Battle Lake was originally built on an ancient Indian burial ground, where many battles between the Sioux and the Chippewa tribes took place. Movies such as Pet Sematary and Scream were based on the town's unfortunate history with death."

Chief Wenonga is the statue that greets people in and out of town. Despite all of the references to the rich native American history the town has, i have never once seen one a single Indian there.


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