Loring Park in Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Loring Park: The Devil's Backbone
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2015
1. The Devil's Backbone Marker
Inscription.
Loring Park: The Devil's Backbone. . Surveys conducted in the early 19th Century identified several significant geological features of the area now known as the Loring Park neighborhood. One was "The Devil's Backbone," a long ridge located about one mile south of the Mississippi River at the Falls of St. Anthony. Later to be known as Lowry Hill, Native Americans had long followed migrating buffalo along a trail which cut across the ridge bending to the northeast around a spring fed pond. The trail would later become today's Hennepin Avenue, and the pond, the center piece of today's Loring Park., Image and Text Source: In the Shadow of the City, A History of the Loring Park Neighborhood
Surveys conducted in the early 19th Century identified several significant geological features of the area now known as the Loring Park neighborhood. One was "The Devil's Backbone," a long ridge located about one mile south of the Mississippi River at the Falls of St. Anthony. Later to be known as Lowry Hill, Native Americans had long followed migrating buffalo along a trail which cut across the ridge bending to the northeast around a spring fed pond. The trail would later become today's Hennepin Avenue, and the pond, the center piece of today's Loring Park.
Image and Text Source: In the Shadow of the City, A History of the Loring Park Neighborhood
Erected 2010.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.
Location. 44° 58.197′ N, 93° 16.726′ W. Marker is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. It is in Loring Park. Marker is on Grant Street west of Nicollet Mall, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Minneapolis MN 55403, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2015
2. Loring Park Markers
Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,145 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 9, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
