Red Wing city i Goodhue county i Minnesota i USA

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Red Wing är residensstad och största stad i Goodhue County, Minnesota och hade år 2013 16 513 invånare.

De första bosättarna kom till området 1850 med ångbåtar över Mississippifloden för att odla i Goodhue County. Red Wing blev en stor veteproduktionsort även om den industrin lades ner i senare tid till förmån för företag såsom Red Wing Pottery, Red Wing Shoes och Riedell.

The settlers cleared the land for wheat, the annual crop of which could pay the cost of the land. Before the railroads were constructed across the territory of Goodhue County, it produced more wheat than any other county in the country. In 1873, Red Wing led the country in the amount of wheat sold by farmers. The warehouses in the port of Red Wing could store and export more than a million bushels of wheat.

Namnet kommer från Lakota-hövdingen Hupahuduta vars namn betyder a swan's wing dyed in red.

The Aurora Ski Club in Red Wing, which was founded on February 8, 1887, was one of the first ski clubs formed in North America, reflecting skills of Scandinavian immigrants in the area. Aurora club members introduced in the 1880s, what became known as ”Red Wing Style” ski techniques, which was patterned after the Telemark skiing form. The term ”Red Wing style” continued in use in the United States well into the twentieth century.