[3] In 1851, the United States officially declared the area Dakota reservation land as a part of the Treaty of Traverse de Sioux.

[2] During the fall of 1869, Peter Jacobson opened a store on his farm as well as trading with Native Americans for furs and other supplies.

[2] On June 1, 1870, the first Lutheran church in Lac qui Parle County and the Upper Minnesota Valley was organized in Williamsburg.

Browning Nichols, Colben Anderson, and Frederick Ehlers won the election and on January 11, 1872, Lac qui Parle Village was named the county seat.

[3] Today, the land that housed Williamsburg is located in the Lac qui Parle County Park and much of what is left is relegated to the cemetery and Lutheran church.