Shakopee travel guide

Shakopee is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States.
The population was 20,568 in the 2000 census, with an estimated 2004 population of just short of 30,000, representing a growth of around 43 percent. It is the county seat of Scott County.
U.S. Highway 169 and County Highway 101 are two of the main arterial routes in the city.
The Valleyfair! amusement park and the Canterbury Park horse racetrack are in Shakopee. The site of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival is in nearby Louisville Township.
You can find the web site of Shakopee's local paper at http://www.shakopeenews.com ShakopeeNews.com.
Records indicate that a Dakota Indian village was located east of the present day city of Shakopee. The village was called Teen-tah-o-tan-wa, “village of the prairie”, and was the home of summer bark lodges, winter tipis and cornfields. The Minnesota River acted as a natural and beautiful boundary with the Ojibway to the north. The tribal leader of Teenatahotonwa was Chief Shakopee (pronounced Shah-kPa-dan or Shakpay). The City of Shakopee is named for him. The burial mounds near the Minnesota River are a reminder of the length of Indian presence and the rich heritage and tradition of the city’s original inhabitants. The mounds, estimated at over 2,000 years old, are located in Memorial Park in Shakopee. (...) more....