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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HRJ_where-are-the-falls_St.-Croix-Falls-WI.html
A series of rapids once cascaded 55 feet over six miles down this section of river. Canoes had to be portaged and boats could not travel upriver. The largest "falls" tumbled 20 feet over 100 yards. They provided a natural source of power for sawmi…
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This millstone is the last remnant of the flour mill that operated on the river bank a half-mile to the south. Power was provided by the stream that now tumbles down a rocky slope on the north boundary of the Wisconsin Interstate Park. Pieces o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBVI_river-spirit_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
The city of St. Croix Falls commissioned local sculptor, Julie Ann Stage, to create a monument in bronze which would embody the poetry and natural beauty of the St. Croix River Valley. River Spirit, unveiled on July 29th of 2007, is a focal poi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBVG_st-croix-falls-lions-park_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
Lions Park marks the site of an historic battle between the Chippewa Indians and their traditional enemies, the Fox and Sioux. Circa 1770, the two war parties met on the portage area below in a fierce fight that raged among the crags and crevices …
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Gaylord Anton Nelson (1916-2005), known worldwide as the founder of Earth Day, was the son of a country doctor and a nurse. Born the third of four children on June 4, 1916, at Clear Lake, Wisconsin, 28 miles from here, Nelson canoed the Namekagon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9D0_the-battle-of-st-croix-falls_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
Here at the head of St. Croix Falls in about 1770, a war party of Chippewas led by Chief Wau-bo-jeeg prepared for battle against their traditional enemies, the Fox and Sioux. The two parties met on the portage below this point in a fierce and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM98A_where-are-the-falls-of-the-st-croix_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
The Falls of the St. Croix River, a series of turbulent cascades that dropped 55 feet in less than six miles, were impounded in the early 1900s by this hydroelectric dam. The potential manufacturing power of the falls drew developers who settled t…
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