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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQV_frontenac_Frontenac-MN.html
This scenic Mississippi River site provided Native Americans food, shelter, and transportation for over 9,000 years. Count Frontenac, the Governor of New France, sponsored the first European explorers to this area in 1680. James (Bully) Wells esta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMQ_national-newspaper-association_Red-Wing-MN.html
Launched from Red Wing, the National Newspaper Association has been the voice and vehicle of grassroots American journalism for 100 years.
NNA was founded as the National Editorial Assn. but was renamed in 1965. Today it embraces approximately …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ8_1888-cannon-falls-fire-hall_Cannon-Falls-MN.html
This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVIV_we-must-have-a-gun_Cannon-Falls-MN.html
The Grand Army of the Republic (the GAR) was organized by Civil War veterans. The Cannon Falls George McKinley GAR Post #92 closed its minutes on February 1, 1897, with this note: "We Must Have a Gun." Its members were determined to acquire a Civi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVIN_colonel-william-colvill-monument_Cannon-Falls-MN.html
William Colvill,Col. 1st Regt. Minn. Vols.Born April 5, 1830.Died June 12, 1905.
In Memory OfColonel William Colvill and the 1st Reg. Minn. Vols. which he commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863.
This was the first regiment t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUUT_geology-of-minnesota_Red-Wing-MN.html
During the great ice ages the landscape of Minnesota was profoundly altered by continental glaciers in four major epochs of glaciation. In this area, as elsewhere, the closing stage of each epoch was characterized by the release of floods of meltw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUOE_christ-episcopal-church_Frontenac-MN.html
Built to the Glory of God1868by Gen. Nathaniel C. McLeanand Consecrated October 27thby Bishop Henry Whipple.
This church has been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMULL_civil-war-memorial_Red-Wing-MN.html
Erectedto theMemoryof theVolunteerSoldiersofGoodhue County1861-1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUKU_the-sea-wing-disaster_Lake-City-MN.html
On July 13, 1890, the steamer "Sea Wing", with covered barge alongside, and 215 passengers aboard was returning from a Sunday excursion down the Mississippi River to Lake City. At 8 p.m., Captain D.N. Wethern had guided the steamer 5 miles up Lake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIN_vasa-mattsons-settlement_Welch-MN.html
Founded in 1853 and called "Mattson's Settlement" after its first resident, Hans Mattson, the community was renamed Vasa in 1856 in honor of Swedish King Gustav Vasa. Once called "the most Swedish colony in America," the town prospered as …