Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa
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Township in Kossuth County, Iowa, U.S.
Lotts Creek Township is a township in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States.[1]
Lotts Creek Township (formerly Lott's Creek with apostrophe s) was organized in 1873.[2] Lotts Creek Township takes its name from the Lotts Creek, which in turn was named for Henry Lott, the figure made notorious for murdering Chief Sintominadutah and 8 members of Sintominadutah's family. Resulting in retaliation by other Dakota members at Spirit Lake Iowa where 32 settlers were also murdered.[3] in the Spirit Lake Massacre.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa
- ↑ History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa. Union Publishing Company. 1884. pp. 499.
- ↑ Reed, Benjamin F. (1913). History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 635.
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