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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RHA_millersburg-the-northfield-bank-robbery_Faribault-MN.html
Late in the day on September 6, 1876, four heavily armed men rode into Millersburg from the west and spent the night in the Cushman Hotel east of the school. They were led by a ruthless outlaw named Thomas Coleman "Cole" Younger. The four armed me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RH9_christdala-swedish-lutheran-church-1877_Lonsdale-MN.html
The Christdala Congregation was formed on July 18, 1877 by the first Swedish immigrants to settle in Rice County. The Church was built during the summer of 1878 at a cost of $230 and is maintained in memory of the early Swedish settlers. Because o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RH8_nicolaus-gustafson_Lonsdale-MN.html
On September 7, 1876 Nicolaus Gustafson, a recent immigrant from Sweden, was fatally shot by Cole Younger during the notorious Jesse James Gang's aborted raid on the Northfield bank. Gustafson had ridden into town that morning with Peter Youngquis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KGG_the-cathedral-of-our-merciful-saviour_Faribault-MN.html
One of the earliest missionary centers of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and believed to be the first Episcopal cathedral built in the United States, the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour is also a monument to Henry Benjamin Whipple. Elected fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11BH_sesquicentennial-legacy-plaza_Northfield-MN.html
This Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza, with the sculpture "Harvest" as its centerpiece, commemorates with an enduring presence Northfield's sesquicentennial year 2005.
In 1855, John Wesley North founded the town of Northfield and built a dam and l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBG_thomas-anderson-veblen-and-kari-bunde-veblen-farmstead-history-of-the-veblen-farmstead_Nerstrand-MN.html
Thomas Anderson Veblen andKari Bunde Veblen FarmsteadFrom 1866 to 1893 this farmstead was the home of the Veblen family one of the most prominent Norwegian immigrant families of the nineteenth century.
The most distinguishing trait of the Veble…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX3R_nerstrand-city-hall_Nerstrand-MN.html
Nerstrand City Hall has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1908
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWN9_civil-war-monument_Northfield-MN.html
Dedicated to- the - Soldiers - and - Sailorswho saved the Union1861—1865
Erected 1921
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEL_a-flour-milling-revolution_Northfield-MN.html
In the 1870s and 1880s, important changes took place inside several small flour mills in southeastern Minnesota. Those changes laid the groundwork for a technological revolution that made Minnesota's milling industry the largest in the world.
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