Editing Chisago County, Minnesota (section)

===Early history===

Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Chisago County was home to the [[Dakota people|Dakota]] and [[Ojibwe]] tribes. The Dakota lived in the southern part of the county and the Ojibwe in the northern part.<ref name="Risjord 2005 p.">{{cite book | last=Risjord | first=Norman K. | title=A popular history of Minnesota | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press | publication-place=St. Paul | date=2005 | isbn=0-87351-531-5 | oclc=56840368 | page=}}</ref> The first European to explore the area was Sieur duLuth in 1679.<ref name="u439">{{cite web |title=Chisago County Comprehensive Plan, 2017 |url=https://www.chisagocountymn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9483/Comprehensive-Plan-2017-PDF?bidId= |access-date=2024-08-28}}</ref> French and English trading posts were established in Taylors Falls and Sunrise during the 18th century. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, French fur traders who traveled south from Lake Superior established trading posts along the river, extending as far south as Taylors Falls.<ref name="u439" />  

In 1837, a treaty between the United States and the [[Ojibwe|Chippewa Nation]] led to the cession of all lands between the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)|St. Croix]] and [[Mississippi River]], opening the area for European settlement.<ref name="f801">{{cite web |date=2009-02-25 |title=1837 Treaty |url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/laws_treaties/1837/index.html |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources}}</ref>