Emmet County
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Emmetsburg is the seat of Palo Alto County, just to the south. Robert Emmet, found guilty of treason by the British, was hanged and beheaded in 1803. Esther Ridley was one of the first female settlers in the area. Fort Defiance State Park is just outside of Estherville.
Emmet County. Where is that?
Very close to Minnesota.
County seat's not Emmetsburg.
That's down south in Palo Alto.
Emmet, hanged at twenty-five.
He wanted Ireland to be free.
Estherville is county seat.
Named, they say, for Esther Ridley.
Estherville's best known, by far,
For its massive meteorite.
It fell in Eighteen seventy-nine,
And many saw its blazing light.
E'Ville has its own state park,
And a little winery.
And a chunk of meteorite
In the public library.