1856 – 1872: The Minnesota Legislature established Meeker County on Feb. 23, 1856. The county was named in honor of Bradley Burr Meeker of Minneapolis, who was an associate justice
1856 — The first white male child born in Meeker County, in his parents’ crude log cabin on Dec. 11, 1856, was Ole Hoen H. Halverson. He died in Litchfield