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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AW5_1923-minnesota-river-bridge_Le-Sueur-MN.html
Built in 1923 this bridge spanned the Minnesota River here until it was replaced in 1984. The massive steel beams are typical of the truss bridge system used in this era. The 1923 bridge replaced the first bridge which was opened in 1894.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18OJ_roster-of-the-le-sueur-tigers_Le-Sueur-MN.html
Le Sueur Tigers No. 1, William Dellaughter, commanderI. Allen,E. Bacon,A. Bangs,H. Bridenthall,B. Birdsall,J. Birdsall,P. Burch,N. Burgers,L. Butman,F. Butteauz,S. Carpenter,W. Case, J. Coggswell, G. Cook, B. Cosly, N. Cottingham, H. Cramer, O. Cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JK_le-sueur_Le-Sueur-MN.html
Named for Pierre Charles Le Sueur, French explorer who passed the site in 1700. This town on the old Red River trail includes two towns, Le Sueur and Le Sueur City which were laid out in 1852-53 on Prairie Le Fleche about a mile apart. Consolidati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H8_dr-william-w-mayo-house_Le-Sueur-MN.html
The accomplishments of the Mayo family in the field of medicine have brought fame to both its members and to Minnesota, for it was Dr. William W. Mayo and his two sons, William J. and Charles H., who founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H7_the-jolly-green-giant_Le-Sueur-MN.html
In 1903, fourteen of Le Sueur's leading businessmen met in the back of the Cosgrove Harness Shop to start a canning factory. They called it the Minnesota Valley Canning Company. Sixty-seven shares of stock at one hundred dollars per share were sol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H2_the-minnesota-river-valley_Le-Sueur-MN.html
Geologically young when compared with ancient rivers such as the Nile or the Amazon, the Minnesota River is only about 12,000 years old. It occupies a channel that was cut by the Glacial River Warren, when it drained Glacial Lake Agassiz, the larg…