Scandia in Washington County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

In Memory of the First Swedish Settlers in Minnesota

Photographed By McGhiever, May 20, 2016

1. In Memory of the First Swedish Settlers in Minnesota west face

Inscription.
[west face]
1850 1900
In memory of the First Swedish Settlers in Minnesota

[south face]
1850 – 1900
Oscar Roos, Carl Fernstrom och August Sansahl från Vestergötland, Sverige, bosatte sig å detta hemman omkring den 18 de Oktober 1850 och byggde härpå det första svenska stockhuset i Minnesota. Landsmän reste stenen.

[east face]
1850 – 1925
Re-dedicated June 24, 1925 in memory of the old pioneers

Erected 1900.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 45° 14.03′ N, 92° 49.189′ W. Marker is in Scandia, Minnesota, in Washington County. Marker is on Olinda Trail, on the right when traveling north. Monument is in a white picket enclosure off a turnaround just north of Old Marine Trail N. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marine on Saint Croix MN 55047, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Swedes in Minnesota (approx. 1.4 miles away); Wedge Hill (approx. 2½ miles away); William O'Brien State Park (approx. 2.7 miles away); Lake Alice (approx. 3 miles away); Native Cultures and the River

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(approx. 3.1 miles away); White Pines (approx. 3.2 miles away); The Marine Township Hall (approx. 3.3 miles away); Marine (approx. 3½ miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on Hay Lake School. (Submitted on June 13, 2018, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.)
2. Wikipedia article on Johannes Erickson House. (Submitted on June 13, 2018, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.)

Additional commentary.
1. Text of adjacent sign
Detta historiska monument är beläget i det nordöstra hörnet av ett 40 acre (ca 16 ha) stort markområde som köptes av de tre första svensarna som bosatte sig i Minnesota. De byggde ett stockhus på stranden av Hay Lake som ligger 300 ft. (ca 90 m) från denna plats. År 1854 grundades Elim Lutheran Church i det huset. En skolbyggnad i tegel står på andra siden av vägen. Ett tvåvånings stockhus, som är beläget väster om skolan, buggdes år 1868. Det huset är tidsenligt inrett och är öppet för allmänheten under samma tider som skolbyggnaden.

This historic monument is situated on the north east corner of a 40-acre tract of land purchased Oct. 18, 1852 by the first three Swedish settlers in Minnesota. They built a log house on the shore of

Photographed By McGhiever, May 20, 2016

2. South face

Hay Lake located 300 ft. south east of this site. In 1854 Elim Lutheran Church was organized in this same home. A brick school built in 1899 stands across the road. The two-story house located just west of the school was built in 1868 and is authentically furnished for that era and is open to the public the same hours as is the school.

— Submitted June 13, 2018, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Photographed By McGhiever, May 20, 2016

3. East face

Monument environs image. Click for full size.

Photographed By McGhiever, May 20, 2016

4. Monument environs

Adjacent sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed By McGhiever, May 20, 2016

5. Adjacent sign

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2018. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2018, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 12, 2018, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 5. submitted on June 13, 2018, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.