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Lyon County, Minnesota Civil War Memorial

 
 
Lyon County, Minnesota Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 31, 2018
1. Lyon County, Minnesota Civil War Memorial
Inscription.
Erected by Citizens of
Lyon County, Minn.
In Memory of
Union Soldiers and Sailors
Of the War of 1861-5

Dedicated to
D.F. Markham Post, G.A.R.
of Marshall
Joe. Hooker Post, G.A.R.
of Tracey
Memorial Day, May 30, 1911

 
Erected 1911 by Citizens of Lyon County, Minn.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 44° 27.035′ N, 95° 47.662′ W. Memorial is in Marshall, Minnesota, in Lyon County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 59) and South 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 607 W Main St, Marshall MN 56258, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the Great Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

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least 2 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The First Settlement of Icelanders in Minnesota (approx. 11.9 miles away); Minneota - Ghent - Taunton - Veteran's Memorial (approx. 12.2 miles away).
 
Lyon County, Minnesota Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 31, 2018
2. Lyon County, Minnesota Civil War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 569 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 2, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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