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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C79_the-gathering-place_Anoka-MN.html
The square of land on the east side of the Rum River just south of Main Street has been a place for Anoka citizens to gather since the town began in the mid-1800's. Known as Bridge Square, it was a place to share news, to hear speeches and concert…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6S_highway-of-exploration_Anoka-MN.html
The Rum and the Mississippi were highways for the earliest recorded European explorers of Minnesota. Many explorers traveled past The Point and some may have camped here including Radission, Hennepin, Du Luth, Pike, Faribault and Nicollet.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BYR_rum-river-dam_Anoka-MN.html
The first dam was built here in 1853 of logs and earth fill by Caleb and W.H. Woodbury. It washed away in high water in the Spring of 1854. A second dam was built in 1854 by James McCann. This dam and its pool provided 5 sluiceways for water power…