Jean-Baptiste Faribault
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Jean-Baptiste Faribault was a trader with the North West Company and the American Fur Company who traded with the Dakota and other indigenous groups, and an early settler in Minnesota.
Faribault circa 1860
Ambrotype (c. 1850) of "George and Euphrasine Faribault's wedding portrait. Left to right, top: Alexander Faribault, Fr. Augustin Ravoux. Left to right, bottom: George Faribult, Euphrasine St. Antoine Faribault, Jean-Baptiste Faribault."
His home in Mendota, Minnesota
Faribault County, Minnesota
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Faribault County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,921. Its county seat is Blue Earth.
Jean-Baptiste Faribault
…death of his wife in 1847, Faribault moved to live with his children in the town of Faribault, Minnesota, named for his eldest son, Alexander Faribault. Faribault County in southern Minnesota was named after Jean-Baptiste. He died at Faribault, Minnesota, on August 20, 1860, at the age of 84…
Faribault County Courthouse in Blue Earth
Soils of Faribault County