Description
Historic image of Main Street in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota from the early 1910s. Think how great this magnificent print would look on your wall – and what a thoughtful, memorable gift this would make!
Sleepy Eye is a small city in rural Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,445 at the 2020 census.
Sleepy Eye took its name from Sleepy Eye Lake, and that was named after Chief Sleepy Eye who was known as a compassionate person with droopy eyelids (or maybe just one). The Chief was one of four Sioux Native Americans (four Ojibwe also attended) chosen to meet President James Monroe in 1824 in the nation’s capital. Later, Sleepy Eye was an integral player in the 1851 signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, which gave all of the land but a 10-mile swath on each side of the upper Minnesota River to the U.S. government. His recommendations to traders led to the successful settlement of Mankato, away from flood areas, and the Chief eventually settled his people near the lake now known as Sleepy Eye Lake.
A bit of history, fantastic for both current and former residents as well as anyone who is a fan of the Sleepy Eye area, and makes a great gift! This is a reproduction from an original postcard. Available in 3.5-inch x 5.5-inch postcards and prints from 4-inch by 6-inch to 13-inch by 19-inch sizes.
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Image courtesy LakesnWoods.com postcard collection.
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