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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Big Stone County, Minnesota

 
Clickable Map of Big Stone County, Minnesota and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Big Stone County, MN (10) Lac qui Parle County, MN (13) Stevens County, MN (2) Swift County, MN (3) Traverse County, MN (6) Grant County, SD (7) Roberts County, SD (22)  BigStoneCounty(10) Big Stone County (10)  LacquiParleCounty(13) Lac qui Parle County (13)  StevensCounty(2) Stevens County (2)  SwiftCounty(3) Swift County (3)  TraverseCounty(6) Traverse County (6)  GrantCountySouth Dakota(7) Grant County (7)  RobertsCounty(22) Roberts County (22)
Ortonville is the county seat for Big Stone County
Adjacent to Big Stone County, Minnesota
Lac qui Parle County (13)  ►
Stevens County (2)  ►
Swift County (3)  ►
Traverse County (6)  ►
Grant County, South Dakota (7)  ►
Roberts County, South Dakota (22)  ►
 
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1 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Clinton — Erected in Memory of Those Who Fought and Died in the World War — 1917 — 1918 —
On Main Street at Center Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Harry Bergstrom Gordon Campbell Iver Steen William Thorson — — Map (db m306960) WM
2 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Clinton — St. Pauli Lutheran Church —
Near U.S. 75 at County Road 60, on the right when traveling north.
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 14, 2010. Built in 1896 at a cost of $3,300 on land given by Sevrin & Lisbet Huselid. — — Map (db m130999) HM
3 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Clinton — The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Depot — built circa 1885 —
Near Main Street near Center Street, on the right when traveling east.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1986 — — Map (db m131000) HM
4 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Graceville — Graceville —
On St Marys Avenue (Minnesota Route 28 at milepost 22), 0.9 miles west of U.S. 75, on the right when traveling west.
About 1866 a trading post on the Fort Wadsworth Trail was established on Tokua Lakes a mile west of town. Early in 1878 Archbishop Ireland, after erecting a church on the present town site, located several hundred families in the vicinity through . . . — — Map (db m156662) HM
5 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Odessa — Welcome to Odessa —
On County Route 28 at Bloomington Ave. N, on the right when traveling east on County Route 28.
The village of Odessa began in 1879 with it's first settler, A.D. Beardsley. He was the Milwaukee depot agent and owner of the first general store. Mr. Beardsley lost a three-year-old daughter, Dessa, to diphtheria. It was after this girl that the . . . — — Map (db m100967) HM
6 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Ortonville — A Glacial Wall of Water —
Near U.S. 12 0.1 miles west of U.S. 75, on the left when traveling west.
Imagine a tremendous torrent of glacial melt water pushing and then bursting across the continental divide and scouring its way to the Gulf of Mexico. The massive river was, in places, almost two miles wide and 130 feet deep. About 13,000 years . . . — — Map (db m160960)
7 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Ortonville — Big Stone County Courthouse — National Register of Historic Places —
Near 2nd Street Southeast (Minnesota Route 7) north of Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m152504) HM
8 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Ortonville — Geology of Minnesota — Ortonville Region —
Near U.S. 12 0.1 miles west of Route 75.
Of all the geological agents which have played a part in shaping the face of Minnesota, the most overwhelming and powerful one is glacial ice. At least four times during the last million years, continental glaciers have spread over the state . . . — — Map (db m101379) HM
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9 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Ortonville — Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor —
Near U.S. 12 0.1 miles west of US Hwy 75.
Legend has it that Paul Bunyan was mighty in the sport of fishing as in all else. He picked Minnesota for most of his fishing and is credited with creating more than a few of its ten thousand lakes. Big Stone Lake, visible here to the . . . — — Map (db m101378) HM
10 ► Minnesota, Big Stone County, Ortonville — Red River Ox Carts —
Near U.S. 12 0.1 miles west of U.S. 75, on the left when traveling west.
Red River Ox Carts were made of wood and leather. They could hold over 600 pounds. Trading posts had regular routes — one at Hartford State Park in South Dakota, one at the foot of Big Stone Lake and one about 8 miles up. — — Map (db m306963) HM
 
 
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Sep. 30, 2026