Historic Boiling Spring, 250 yards northwest, was long an Indian camping place and later a watering spot on the Fort Snelling–Dakota Road built in the 1850's. The road turned here to pass the spring, then called Big Spring. Settlers renamed it . . . — — Map (db m69605) HM
One of the first white children born in Brookville Township or in the area, named Minnesota by patriotic parents, is buried here at the Dannebod Cemetery. Although the cemetery was established in 1876, the early settlers in the area did not have a . . . — — Map (db m257655) HM
This monument marks the site of the Fredsminde Lutheran Church built in 1889 jointly by the Danish Lutherans of Brookville township and their Baptist and Seventh Day Adventist neighbors. In time, new patterns of rural living reduced the . . . — — Map (db m257656) HM
To Honor and Remember
All Veterans
who Served in the
Armed Forces of the
United States of America
Army • Navy
Air Force • Marines
Coast Guard
Erected and Presented to
the Morgan Community
by the Members of . . . — — Map (db m70642) WM
175 feet north stood
the building
in which upwards of
100 Sioux Indians were
tried by Court Martial
convicted and
sentenced to death
Nov. 1862. — — Map (db m67772) HM
Ta ku wicuonyanpi kin hena, ca hota tawapi kin hena wakan qa tukted wicahapi kin hed maka kin hena nakin wakan.
Tona okioize ed opapi kin hena wicunkisuyapi. Oa maknce unkitawapi kin akand cante wasteya qa wookiye yuha untipi kte.
Unkan . . . — — Map (db m71025) HM
A center of Mdewakanton Dakota community life for several generations, St. Cornelia's Episcopal Church is a symbol of Dakota continuity in the homeland from which they once were exiles. In 1987 the remains of 31 Dakota who died in an Iowa . . . — — Map (db m70182) HM
Richard Warren Sears a 22-year-old Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway agent, first sold a shipment of watches from North Redwood in 1886. His mail-order enterprises eventually grew into Sears, Roebuck and Co., the nation's largest retailer and now a . . . — — Map (db m70526) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m311417) HM WM
The Grand Army of the Republic Badge
Erected 1913 by W. R. C.
Sacred to the Memory
of our Civil War
Veterans 1861 - 1865
Gideon Richardson · Co. D. 195 Ohio Inf. •
A.L. Gale · Co. H. 14 N.H. Inf. •
Andrew G. . . . — — Map (db m71094) WM
Clayton H. Pickett
In memory of our comrade Clayton H. Pickett Corporal NG27342169 who was killed in action November 5, 1951 while serving in Korea with the 89th Tank Bn.
Former members, Tank Company, 135 Infantry
Redwood . . . — — Map (db m69429) WM
Exposed in the rocky hillocks of the Minnesota River valley between Montevideo and Morton are some of the oldest rocks on earth. The pink-and-black banded rock used for the pedestal of this tablet is a metamorphic rock called gneiss (pronounced . . . — — Map (db m69216) HM
First wagon trail in Redwood County, crossed the Redwood River at this fording site. Not yet dammed, the river was a small stream in pioneer years.
Built in 1853, the road connected Fort Ridgely with the Lower and Upper Sioux Agencies . . . — — Map (db m69241) HM
Near this spot lie the remains of Wowinape (Place of Refuge), a survivor of the Dakota War of 1862. Wowinape was the son of Taoyateduta (His Red Nation), known to whites as Little Crow, spokesman and leader of the Dakota in that tragic war. In July, . . . — — Map (db m69792) HM
In Memoriam
1914 – 1918
Nels Colburn
Oscar Colburn
Louis Timm
1940 – 1946
Otto Becker
Emery Busse
Helmer Eichten
Herman Darkow
Dwight Forshaw
Verden Haak
Albert Koch
Edmund Schierenbeck . . . — — Map (db m140767) WM
The office and home site of
Roy A. Peterson, M.D.
Dr. Peterson served the
Vesta community as its only
doctor from 1910 to 1973.
He delivered more than
3,000 babies and retired
at the age of 94. — — Map (db m311419) HM
The New Avon Salem United Methodist Church, originally called the Evangelical Association, was organized May 18, 1896 during a meeting in the Louie Beyer home in New Avon Township. There were about 40 charter members and services were conducted in . . . — — Map (db m235421) HM
The Charles Ingalls Family's dugout home was located here in the 1870's. This depression is all that remains since the roof caved in years ago. The prairie grasses and flowers here grow much as they did in Laura's time, and the spring still flows . . . — — Map (db m163680) HM
In memory of the men and women who served this nation in time of war and peace, and to the eternal glory of those who gave the last full measure of devotion. — — Map (db m257586) WM
A dugout along Plum Creek southeast of this point was the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote "On the Banks of Plum Creek." Widely known as a children's story, the book tells actual incidents of pioneer life here and in Walnut Grove, . . . — — Map (db m257584) HM
In loving memory and high tribute to the pioneer families of the congregation, this memorial, erected in 1950 A. D., marks the site of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, now known as the Trinity Lutheran Church, Walnut Grove, Minn. The . . . — — Map (db m257640) HM
Mathias E. Eichten came to Willow Lake Twp in 1872 and homesteaded land where Wanda is located today. He married Gertrude Gorres in 1874. In 1899 the railroad came through and purchased 40 acres for the Wanda plat from Mathias. They also purchased . . . — — Map (db m257644) HM
This prairie village began in 1895 with the opening of the Sundown-Willow Lake creamery which became the largest in the county with 173 patrons. This village included a post office, two stores, photo shop, smithy and a few homes. Pop 25.
In . . . — — Map (db m257647) HM
