Grand Forks in Grand Forks County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 24, 2021

1. Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden Marker

Inscription. Fannie Mahood was born in Wykoff, MN and moved to Dakota Territory in 1880. She married Frank Heath in 1881. On a 160 acre tree claim west of Grand Forks, they struggled with alkaline soil and drying winds of the treeless prairie. By 1920 their diversified farm had grown into a mature shelterbelt with 4 acres of native and cultivated flowers, fruits, shrubs and trees. Visitors toured the Oasis on the Prairie and purchased plants. An advocated of using native plants for medicinal and landscape use, she wrote articles in many magazines, spoke at events and corresponded worldwide sending our native plants as far as China. President of the National Horticultural Society in 1924 and member of the Northern Great Plains Horticultural Society, she was known as the Flower Lady of North Dakota. North Dakota presented a display in her honor at the 1933 Chicago Word Fair about how she made our native plants famous the world over.
3/5/1864 - 9/30/1931

Erected 2017 by Grand Forks Horticultural Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 47° 53.78′ N,

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97° 1.66′ W. Marker is in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in Grand Forks County. It is on Belmont Road. Located at the Myra Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2405 Belmont Rd, Grand Forks ND 58203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Red River Valley.

It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern 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 Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Campbell House (a few steps from this marker); The Old Red River Ox-Cart Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Oxcarts (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Forks' First Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); North Dakota's Oldest Concrete Pavement (within shouting distance of this marker); Blooming 46 School House (within shouting distance of this marker);

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 24, 2021

2. Fannie Mahood Heath Memorial Garden Marker

Lustron (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lincoln Drive - a neighborhood history (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grand Forks.

Also see . . . Myra Museum. (Submitted on October 13, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.)

Myra Museum Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 24, 2021

3. Myra Museum Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 448 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 13, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.