Pioneers established a small settlement along the east shore of Lake Shetek in the late 1850s . However the Dakota War of 1862 broke out and 15 settlers were killed and a dozen taken captive at Slaughter Slough . Euro-American settlement was dampened for a while , but within a decade Archibald and Neil Currie built a flour mill and a general store near the lake 's outlet , from which grew the town of Currie
Slaughter Slough
Slaughter Slough
Lake Shetek