Jacobson, Minnesota: Chief Wrinkle Meat
A life-size wood statue honors Chief Wrinkle Meat, a local Chippewa who died in 1922 at the age of 137.
- Address:
- 68245 198th Ave., Jacobson, MN
- Directions:
- From MN-200, in the hamlet of Jacobson, just east on the bridge across the Mississippi River, turn north at the Co-Op onto MN-70/198th Ave. You'll see the little shelter with the Chief up ahead on the left.
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We visited on July 24, 2020. The park was a bit hard to find and is not marked as a park. In fact, it kind of looks like someone's yard. We took our pictures from the road. Chief Wrinkle Meat is under a small, roofed shelter that also displays a couple of local news articles. There are other statues, fountains, and displays.
[Marci Mayhew, 08/09/2020]
Across the street from Chief Wrinkle Meat, there is another quirky statue!
[John Miller, 05/26/2014]
A roadside park in tiny Jacobson is home to dozens of quirky, random statues such as a buffalo, a wolf, a tipi, old street lamps, quirky signs, and a wood-carved statue of Chief Wrinkle Meat, a Chippewa Indian who lived in the area and is reputed to have died at the age of 137.
[BS Meyer, 08/28/2013]The Chief was also known as Kay-bah-nung-we-way, which means "Sloughing Flesh." He was very wrinkled when he died in 1922.
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