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In 1839 in Crawford County, Wisconsin Territory, Joseph R. Brown, the first settler of this valley, laid out the town of Dahcotah. The following year, as a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, Brown secured passage of a bill establishing St. Croix County. In the election to choose a county seat, Dahcoth won, and Brown built Tamarack House here to serve as a courthouse, the first capitol building in Minnesota.
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