Mendota Heights in Dakota County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Gather, View, Repeat
Photographed By McGhiever, June 9, 2023
1. Gather, View, Repeat Marker
Until the late 1990s, people drove their cars into the overlook. They followed a curving route and went through an opening in the northern wall.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers quarried local Platteville limestone to build this overlook in 1938. The view beckoned and people came. It became a gathering place. People drove their cars into the overlook. They watched the river, migrating birds, and propeller-driven airplanes take off and land. Across the Minnesota River, Wold-Chamberlain Field ushered in commercial air travel.
Today people still gather here and observe the world around them. Across the river, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport links Minnesota to the world. This site has changed over time, but some things are the same.
Explore the overlook. Reflect on the view. Notice the natural world and surrounding landscape.
Erected by Dakota County Parks.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Architecture • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.
Location. 44° 52.061′ N, 93° 10.421′ W. Marker is in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, in Dakota County. Marker can be reached from Sibley Memorial Highway
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Sea Becomes Stone (a few steps from this marker); Local Stone, National Story (within shouting distance of this marker); Mendota Work Camp No. 1 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pilot Knob (approx. 0.8 miles away); United States War Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Oheyawahi Pilot Knob Hill (approx. one mile away); Oheyawahi "a hill much visited" (approx. one mile away); Mendota / Sibley House (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mendota Heights.
Photographed By McGhiever, June 9, 2023
2. Gather, View, Repeat Marker and the overlook grounds
Credits. This page was last revised on July 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 88 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 20, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
