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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AI0_forster-building_New-Ulm-MN.html
Frederick Forster came to the United States in 1850 and taught school in New York. He moved to New Ulm in 1858, where he continued teaching, becoming the city's postmaster in 1861. In 1860, Forster purchased this lot and the following year, wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AF1_buenger-store_New-Ulm-MN.html
This three-story building is a fine example of Queen Anne commercial architecture. The original southern section was erected in 1892 for the Buenger Furniture Store, while the corner building was constructed in 1902. Louis Buenger Sr. was born …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABI_grand-hotel_New-Ulm-MN.html
The first structure built on this site was the Minnesota Haus, the first hotel in New Ulm, built in 1856 by Phillipp H. Gross. That early structure was destroyed and in 1860, on the same sight, Gross built the Union Hotel, a two and a half story f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AAQ_junior-pioneers-tablet_New-Ulm-MN.html
This tablet was erected by the Junior Pioneers in memory of the following men, women and children of the town of Milford who were massacred by the Indians during the Indian outbreak in 1862. John Martin Fink. · Monika Fink, his wife. &mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AAP_milford-state-monument_New-Ulm-MN.html
Erected by the State of Minnesota in 1929 in the memory of the men, women and children of Milford who were massacred by the Indians, Aug. 18, 1862. John M. Fink · Monika Fink · Max Fink · Carl Merkle · John B. Zettel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9R_taken-by-surprise_New-Ulm-MN.html
In the summer of 1862, after years of broken treaty promises and late payments that fueled growing tensions and conflict, some Dakota began an attempt to forcibly reclaim their homeland. After attacking the Redwood (Lower Sioux) Agency on August 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9Q_searles_Searles-MN.html
Searles, a small community in Section 21 of Cottonwood Township, was platted on October 10, 1899, by Harry and Anna Jenkins. It was a railroad station point named by officials of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. The original plat include…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WD_essig-minnesota_New-Ulm-MN.html
On April 8, 1885 Chief Engineer Blunt of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Co. announced that the railroad had decided to build a side track between New Ulm and Sleepy Eye for the purpose of receiving grain. The site was known only as "Siding Number…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19NY_arbeiter-hall_New-Ulm-MN.html
The town gained a new venue for public events in 1873 with the opening of Arbeiter Hall. The local Arbeiterverein, or Workers' Association, organized in 1871, primarily as a workers' insurance association. The two-story brick building had a large …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ME_german-bohemian-immigrants-monument_New-Ulm-MN.html
This monument was erected in 1991 by the German-Bohemian Heritage Society to commemorate the immigrants to this region from the German speaking western rim of present-day Czechoslovakia. They emigrated from the counties of Bischofteinitz, Mies and…
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