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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UF_missionaries-to-the-dakota_Minneapolis-MN.html
Listed below are some of the most prominent missionaries to the Dakota Indians. These missionaries were sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, a joint venture of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches of Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UB_pond-family-heritage-timeline_Minneapolis-MN.html
Samuel Pond (1808-1891) and Gideon Pond (1810-1878) were born into a mostly rural United States comprised of 17 states with a population of slightly over 7 million. These brothers from Connecticut were two of the most influential persons interacti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UA_1856-federal-style-gideon-h-pond-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration funded through a $270,000 grant appropriated by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. A project of the Minnesota State Historical Society and the City of Bloomington. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U9_gideon-and-agnes-pond-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Welcome to the 19th century dwelling of Gideon and Agnes Hopkins Pond, missionaries to the Dakota Indians, farmers, and ministers to the community of Bloomington, Minnesota, during the mid- to late-1800s. Following a move from the Lake Calhoun …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O9_changing-landscapes_Minneapolis-MN.html
You are entering a river bluff environment that has been greatly altered over the last two centuries. The bluff top area was formerly oak savannah with prairie and woodland elements. Natural springs and shallow flood plain lakes in the river botto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O4_oak-grove-mission_Minneapolis-MN.html
After several years at Lake Calhoun and a series of battles with the Ojibwe (Anishinabe), Chief Cloud Man (Marpiyawicasta) moved to the banks of the Minnesota River. In 1843 Gideon and Samuel Pond followed Cloud Man to this river bluff location. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O0_dakota-missions-on-the-frontier_Minneapolis-MN.html
In the 1830s and 1840s Christian Missionaries came into Indian Country, which included Bloomington, with the purpose of converting Dakota Indians to Christian beliefs and white person's ways. This included farming, owning property, receiving a for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211N_fourth-marine-division-memorial-a-war-memorial_Minneapolis-MN.html
In memoriam to the 3298 men of the Fourth Marine Division of WW II who fell in battle, the 14424 wounded in action and those of us who have joined them. Semper Fidels Roi Namur Marshall Is. 2-1-1944; Saipan Marianas Is. 6-15-1944; Iwo Jima Volc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211C_four-marine-raider-battalions-memorial-a-war-memorial_Minneapolis-MN.html
February 16th 1942 Midway, Tulagi, Makin; February 1st 1944 Russell Islands, New Georgia, Bouganville. Guadacanal-In Memory and Honor of the 8,078 men of the four Marine Raider battalions who fought in World War II, 892 of whom died in battle, 242…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPG_nicollet-island-businesses-historical_Minneapolis-MN.html
The Nicollet Island Pavilion building was built in 1893 as the William Bros. Boiler Works. The Nicollet Island Inn was built the same year as the Island Sash and Door Company. Nearby was the large Island Power Building which was torn down in 1937.…
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