Location
Kandiyohi County This county, established March 20, 1858, bears the Dakota name of one or several of its lakes, meaning "where the buffalo fish come." Dr. Thomas S. Williamson states that it is from "kandi, buffalo fish; y, euphonic; ohi, arrive in." Our three species of buffalo fish, Ictiobus cyprinella, I. urus, and I. bubalus, at their spawning season in May and June leave the large rivers, in which they live the greater part of the year, and come, sometimes in immense numbers, to the lakes at the head of the small streams. The first named species, when mature, often attains the weight of 30 to 40 pounds; and the second and third are about two-thirds as large. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.
