Steele County, Minnesota
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Steele County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,406. Its county seat is Owatonna.
Steele County Courthouse in Owatonna
Soils of Steele County
Franklin Steele
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Franklin Steele was an early settler of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, of Scottish descent, Steele worked in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, post office as a young man, whe
Steele County, Minnesota
…Rice, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur counties. Owatonna, the settlement of which had commenced in 1854, was named the county seat. The county was named for Franklin Steele, a prominent early resident of the territory. The Straight River rises in Freeborn County and flows northward through the central part of Steele County…
Franklin Steele
Looking northeast across the river c. 1868
Steele's first bridge ca. 1865