Wacouta was first settled in 1853 by an Indian trader named Bullard. Having built a village around his trading post, Bullard named it after Chief Wacouta, who was the last chief of the Red Wing band of the Dakota Indians. Chief Wacouta was a compassionate man who thought peace was a virtue and advised his people accordingly.

This small village once competed with Red Wing for county seat when it was a bustling town, filled with rivermen and lumberjacks. At one time millions of logs were fastened together to be sent down the river to the growing towns of St. Louis and Kansas City, but today summer homes are all that remain of this once thriving town.
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Searchable Surnames List:
Arden, Arndt, Arnold, Brown, Bullard, Carlson, Church, Dartt, Drum, Durrenfeld, Featherstone, Fountain, Fryck, Gates, Hahn, Hill, Jablonski, Johnson, Kells, Kopperdalen, Kugler, Larson, Lewis, Luethe, Morrison, Moulelle, Olson, Oppelt, Owen, Perrott, Peterson, Pingrey, Post, Reinhart, Roberts, Salmonson, Salomonson, Sandt, Scherf, Schmidt, Severt, Simpson, Sutherland, Taylor, Toms, Wakefield, Warrington, Wentz, Wezey, Winter
Don't take this list as perfect. Some of the entries are hard to read.

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