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LOG CABIN: This log cabin is a replica of the original courthouse in Sioux County. The founders of Sioux County made their fortunes speculating on land and developments of a new territory back in the 1860Ős. But when the Dutch immigrants moved to the western reaches of the county and wanted a say-so in decision-making, Calliope people bristled. When the patriarch of the Dutch, Henry Hospers, was elected a County Supervisor in 1871, the folks from Calliope refused to seat him. Complicated political maneuvering followed with the Dutch wanted to move the county offices to a more central location in Orange City. When all else failed, they rode into town one frigid January day in 1872 and forcibly removed the safe with county records to Orange City. The safe was recaptured several years ago and stands in the Log Cabin in Calliope Village. Orange City is still Sioux countyŐs seat of Government. |
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