Red River Trail

Red River Trail (HM1GJP)

Location: Atwater, MN 56209 Kandiyohi County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 10.662', W 94° 51.749'

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The Red River Trail was the nineteenth-century answer to communication over the frontier between the early settlements on the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers and Lord Selkirk's settlements (Winnipeg) in Canada. Trails, such as this, were not marked. They weren't even trails. Actually, they were a direction - running across what is now Minnesota from the present site of
Minneapolis and St. Paul to Pembina. The Red River Trail followed three main lines, one of which ran through what is now Kandiyohi County in a northwesterly direction. Since the trail was not defined, it became a broad track (sometimes miles wide) over which the teamsters guided their oxcarts. It was only when the trail passed near a lake that all the cart tracks converged into a comparatively narrow band. The portion of the highway along the southwest shore of Diamond Lake has been built over one of these bands.



This project has been financed in part with funds provided by

the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and

Cultural Heritage Fund and the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
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HM NumberHM1GJP
Series This marker is part of the Minnesota Historical Society series
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Placed ByThe State of Minnesota and the Kandiyohi County Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 3:49pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 353662 N 5004378
Decimal Degrees45.17770000, -94.86248333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 10.662', W 94° 51.749'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 10' 39.72" N, 94° 51' 44.94" W
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Area Code(s)320
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 5995-6329 Co Hwy 4, Atwater MN 56209, US
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