History left|thumb|1894 photo of Carson's Trading Post.Beltrami County was founded on February 28, 1866, by an act of legislation. thumb|Paul Bunyan and Babe statues, Bemidji Bemidji Township was surveyed by European Americans in 1874. It was organized in 1896, 24 days after the village of Bemidji was chartered, and is the oldest township in the county. In 1897, the county attorney declared the original Bemidji township organization illegal (no reason given) and the township reorganized on June 26, 1897.
History left|thumb|1894 photo of Carson's Trading PostBeltrami County was founded on February 28, 1866, by an act of legislation. thumb|Paul Bunyan and Babe statues, Bemidji Bemidji Township was surveyed by European Americans in 1874. It was organized in 1896, 24 days after the village of Bemidji was chartered, and is the oldest township in the county. In 1897, the county attorney declared the original Bemidji township organization illegal (no reason given) and the township reorganized on June 26, 1897.