This Sherburne County landmark was once home to the Fox family of Santiago Township. Though the house and family grew and changed, this original 1876 structure remained part of the home until it was sold in 1968. Placed on the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m199373) HM
Minnesota was largely covered by glaciers many times during the last million years. The ice flowed across the state from both the northeast and the northwest. As it advanced along separate paths, it scraped up, crushed, and carried with it . . . — — Map (db m69965) HM
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry was founded in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 1867. This date marks the birth of organized agriculture on American soil. Oliver Hudson Kelley first advanced the idea of a farm fraternity. As . . . — — Map (db m69902) HM
In the spring of 1868 Breen & Young opened the first commercial granite quarry in Minn. on the site of the present State Reformatory just west of this point. From this beginning the industry has developed into a business involving millions of . . . — — Map (db m207135) HM
In the spring of 1868 the firm of Breen & Young opened the first commercial granite quarry in Minnesota on the site of what is now the St. Cloud Reformatory. Their first order was for stone for the corners, steps, and trimmings of the U.S. Custom . . . — — Map (db m212318) HM
Long before a paved highway ran past this spot, there was an important road here: the Red River Trail. From the late 1830s through the early 1870s, thousands of heavy wood carts bearing furs and other treasures passed over the trail from the . . . — — Map (db m212343) HM
The Minnesota State Reformatory for Men was constructed in stages from 1889 to 1922. The facility, designed to hold 1,000 inmates, was originally a prison for young offenders, 16 to 30 years old, with the intent of transforming them into productive . . . — — Map (db m212542) HM