The Story of Blaine. Dakota and Ojibwe hunted on the land that later became Blaine long before settlers appeared. In 1847, a government land survey crew led by Deputy Surveyor Andrew Hewett, measured the perimeters of the township, "by slogging through swamp and thicket and over dunes". More @Wikipedia
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