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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJB_little-crows-camp_Spicer-MN.html
The Dakota nation established campsites in Kandiyohi County to hunt and fish. Little Crow's campsite located here was used for that purpose. Little Crow was born Taoyateduta about 1810 in the Mdewakanton Dakota village of Kaposia. Little Crow late…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HBK_green-lake-mounds_Spicer-MN.html
?? During the Woodland period, about 1000 B. C. to A. D. 1650, Indian peoples began constructing earthworks or "mounds." Many if not most of these mounds functioned to visibly define and demarcate burial areas, much as headstones do today.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HA8_victory-dance_Spicer-MN.html
Ojibwe and Dakota nations had a long history of conflict in what would become Minnesota. Both Dakota and Ojibwe people contended for the control of the abundant natural resources in the future Kandiyohi County area that played an economic role in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5R_how-irving-township-got-its-start_Spicer-MN.html
The first settlers in Kandiyohi County arrived in 1856 eager to stake a real estate claim on the shores of Green Lake. Early pioneers were hopeful that this place would soon become home to a thriving new city.
Two men from Virginia, A.J. Bell an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H57_lake-florida-mission-covenant-church_Spicer-MN.html
First Church in Minnesota Organized by Mission Friend Immigrants from Sweden
1870-Organized on J.A. Skoglund Farm
1873-Built ?????? ? ??? ???? 1910-Enlarged
1870-1955 Served this Rural Parish
1961-Perpetual Care Fund Raised
1962-Dedicated to Cov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H3V_spicer_Spicer-MN.html
Green Lake has had three names. The Dakota who spent their summers here for hundreds of years, called it Mdeto.
The first whites called it Carnelian, for its red sandy beaches. Later settlers observed the green color, as the Indians had, and rena…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H3A_olof-olson-haugen_Spicer-MN.html
In May 1859, Olof Olson Haugen, his wife Bergeret, and son Frederick homesteaded here in section 32, Dovre Township. Over the next three years, the Haugen family diligently worked to establish their new life; building shelter, raising crops and an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKN_veterans-memorial_Spicer-MN.html
Dedicated to the
Veterans of All
Wars Who Served
Their Country to
Protect the
Freedom
of Humanity
Presented by Spicer
American Legion Post 545