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Woodlake Monument

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3. Woodlake Monument

On County Road 18, west of TH 67, between Granite Falls and Echo. This site commemorates the battle of Wood Lake fought here September 23, 1862 between the forces of General Sibley and Little Crow. A granite monument was erected by the state in 1919 in the memory of those who died in this battle.

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