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Red Wing, city, seat (1853) of Goodhue county, southeastern Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the Mississippi River (bridged to Wisconsin), near Lake Pepin, about 45 miles (70 km) southeast of St. Paul. In 1805 the explorer Zebulon Pike arrived at the site, which was overlooked by Barn Bluff and was then a Sioux village. Pike held a meeting with an Indian chief named Hupahuduta (“Wing of the Wild Swan Dyed Red”), for whom the community was later named. A Swiss Protestant missionary post was established (1837–46). A permanent settlement of farmers and traders was made about 1850. By 1873 a ...(100 of 187 words)

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