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[The St. Croix River Valley was a well known area, even back as far as the 1600s. However, settlement in the area could not take place until two treaties were signed between the U.S. Government and the Native American Nations that roamed the area. On July 29, 1837, the U.S. signed the treaty with the Ojibwa Nation, and on September 29, 1837, the treaty was signed with the Dakota Nation, which allowed white settlement in the St. Croix Valley. People started coming to the area almost immediately. A settlement up at the falls of the St. Croix was created. Then a settlement by a group from Marine, Illinois started a lumber mill on the river, and in 1839, a man by the name of Joseph Renshaw Brown settled a small trading post at the head of lake St. Croix which he called "Dakotah."
Dakotah later became the county seat of St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory, and still later, become an area known as "Dutchtown" in the city of Stillwater.
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