view gallery |  The Burton/Rosenmeier House
in Minnesota Historical Markers The Burton/Rosenmeier House is significant architecturally as the outstanding example of the Classical Revival style in Little Falls and for its associations with its first two inhabitants. The Barney Burton family and later the Rosenmeier family. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 4/6/2008 last visited: 8/6/2010 |
view gallery |  Gervais Grist Mill - Little Canada, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This is the Gervais Grist Mill historical marker, for the first commercial grist mill built in Minnesota. posted by: FSU*Noles location: Minnesota date approved: 4/5/2008 last visited: 3/12/2013 |
view gallery |  Mille Lacs Lake
in Minnesota Historical Markers Named for the fur traders phrase "the thousand lake region". posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 4/1/2008 last visited: 8/18/2010 |
view gallery |  Lindbergh House
in Minnesota Historical Markers Charles August Lindbergh, known as C.A., was a prominent lawyer and real estate trader in Little Falls. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 4/1/2008 last visited: 8/6/2010 |
view gallery |  Fort Ripley
in Minnesota Historical Markers The establishment of Fort ripley in 1848 represents the US Governments effort to establish control on the northern frontier. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 3/31/2008 last visited: 10/21/2014 |
view gallery |  The Cuyuna Range
in Minnesota Historical Markers The Cuyuna Range was named for entrepreneur Cuyler Adams and his faithful dog, Una. The range lies at the westernmost edge of a ring of iron ore that circles Lake Superior. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 3/31/2008 last visited: 6/24/2010 |
view gallery |  Portsmouth Mine
in Minnesota Historical Markers The Portsmouth was one of many iron and manganese mines that operated along the Cuyuna Range during the period 1911-1978. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 3/31/2008 last visited: 9/26/2014 |
view gallery |  Geology of Minnesota ~ Brainerd Region
in Minnesota Historical Markers Toward the close of the Wisconsin stage of glaciation about 12,000 years
ago... posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 3/31/2008 last visited: 5/24/2014 |
view gallery |  The Dustin Massacre - west of Howard Lake, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This is the site of the Dustin Massacre, two miles west of Howard Lake. posted by: FSU*Noles location: Minnesota date approved: 3/30/2008 last visited: 9/28/2013 |
view gallery |  Jacob Nix Platz
in Minnesota Historical Markers Jacob Nix from Bingen Am Rhein in Germany was a key figure in the defense of New Ulm in 1862. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 3/11/2008 last visited: 1/2/2012 |
view gallery |  New Ulm
in Minnesota Historical Markers New Ulm, the City of "Charm and Tradition", is nestled just 90 miles southwest of the Twin Cities, in the heart of the scenic Minnesota River Valley. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 3/11/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mendota
in Minnesota Historical Markers Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name comes from the Dakota word for "where the waters meet. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/28/2008 last visited: 3/23/2014 |
view gallery |  Minnehaha Depot
in Minnesota Historical Markers Milwaukee Road employees referred to the Minnehaha Depot as the "Princess" because of its delicate gingerbread canopy. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/20/2008 last visited: 5/22/2013 |
view gallery |  Sibley House Association
in Minnesota Historical Markers THE SITHE SIBLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION (SHA) IS A NON-PROFIT incorporation of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Minnesota’s first public history site. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 9/27/2011 |
view gallery |  Fort Snelling 1861 ~ 1946
in Minnesota Historical Markers The story of Fort Snelling is the story of the development of the U.S. Northwest. While surrounded today by freeways and a large urban population, Fort Snelling was once a lonely symbol of American ambition in the wilderness. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 12/27/2011 |
view gallery |  Geoology of Minnesota ~ Lake Harriet Region
in Minnesota Historical Markers The continental glaciers spreading over Minnesota during the Great Ice Ages brought vast quantities of rock material from the North to be dumped indiscriminately during the recession of the ice. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 7/7/2012 |
view gallery |  Como~Harriet Streetcar Line
in Minnesota Historical Markers Until 1954, Twin Citians depended on electrically powered streetcars to take them to work, school, and shopping. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 8/4/2014 |
view gallery |  Earle Brown and the Brooklyn Farm
in Minnesota Historical Markers Earle Brown Heritage Center's beginnings date back to the early 1900's when this pioneer farm first became the home of Earle Brown, a noted farmer, horse breeder and civic leader.
posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 1/21/2011 |
view gallery |  Fort Beauharnois Historical Marker
in Minnesota Historical Markers The Fort Beauharnois Historical Marker is located on US 61/63 near Frontenac, Minnesota and commemorates the fort and mission that was built in this vicinity in 1727. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 1/30/2008 last visited: 7/6/2014 |
view gallery |  Lake Pepin: Birthplace of Waterskiing
in Minnesota Historical Markers Water skiing came about on June 28, 1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota, proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 1/30/2008 last visited: 10/15/2008 |
view gallery |  Sugar Loaf Bluff
in Minnesota Historical Markers Towards the end of the 19th century, Sugar Loaf Bluff was part of a quarrying operation. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 1/27/2008 last visited: 8/9/2008 |
view gallery |  Lake Pepin
in Minnesota Historical Markers City dwellers need go no farther than this if they seek romantic solitude wrote panorama artist Henry Lewis in 1848. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 1/27/2008 last visited: 8/15/2014 |
view gallery |  Minnesota Canneries
in Minnesota Historical Markers Historical marker located at rest stop on I-35 south commemorating the canning industry of southern Minnesota.
posted by: BruceS location: Minnesota date approved: 12/12/2007 last visited: 9/21/2011 |
view gallery |  Minnesota's Seaport - Duluth, Minnesota
in Minnesota Historical Markers Historical marker commemorating the development of Duluth as a seaport, located at the Minnesota Welcome Center in Duluth.
posted by: BruceS location: Minnesota date approved: 12/10/2007 last visited: 8/4/2010 |
view gallery |  Welcome To Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota
in Minnesota Historical Markers Historical marker giving a few facts and figures about the state. Located at the Minnesota Welcome Center in Duluth.
posted by: BruceS location: Minnesota date approved: 12/10/2007 last visited: 8/4/2010 |
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