Near Walnut Street West, west of 3rd Street South, on the right when traveling west.
Minnesota Territory 1849 – 1858
On March 3, 1849, during his last hours in office, President James K. Polk signed a bill adding a new name to the American political landscape – Minnesota Territory. A vast land, it stretched from . . . — — Map (db m43908) HM
On Saint Croix Trail North (County Highway 18 / 21) 0.3 miles north of Stagecoach Trail South (County Highway 21), on the right when traveling north.
About 1843, six years before Minnesota became a territory, Lemuel Bolles erected on this creek the first commercial flour mill in the Minnesota country. Bolles salvaged wood from the shore of Lake St. Croix and carried it on his back to the mill . . . — — Map (db m21729) HM
Near Walnut Street West, west of 3rd Street South, on the right when traveling west.
Minnesota's first courthouse, a three-room frame structure erected at the corner of 4th and Chestnut Street in Stillwater in 1849, had become inadequate by 1866. On November 6 of that year, Washington County voters approved funds for the . . . — — Map (db m171962) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 95) south of Laurel Street East, on the left when traveling north.
In 1849, the Governor of the new Territory of Minnesota, Alexander Ramsey, urged the Territorial Legislature to provide for a "proper and safe place of confinement" for prisoners of the territory. Because of Ramsey's request, the Legislature . . . — — Map (db m43747) HM
On 1st Avenue North at Broadway North, on the left when traveling east on 1st Avenue North.
In 1864, the Northern Pacific Railroad was charted to build a line from the Great Lakes to Puget Sound. The initial funding for construction would come from the sale of Northern Pacific bonds. However, in 1873 lack of funding halted construction, . . . — — Map (db m239986) HM
The complexity of the company's history reflects the transformation of the electric power industry since the late nineteenth century as smaller utilities were consolidated into larger ones.
Created in 2000 by the merger of Northern States . . . — — Map (db m235069) HM
Near Lock and Dam Road 0.7 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the right when traveling north.
For more than 10,000 years, people have lived near the Mississippi River. The first cultures relied on hunting, fishing, and gathering for survival. As early as 1,000 years ago, however, Indian peoples were farming portions of the river valley near . . . — — Map (db m49801) HM
On Pine Street West at Third Street South (County Highway 23), on the left when traveling west on Pine Street West.
Dedicated to the
Soldiers and Sailors of the
United States
Enlisting or Residing in
Washington County
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Erected by the Citizens of
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Barrisford . . . — — Map (db m72153) WM
On Wisconsin Route 64, on the right when traveling west.
All of the land seen from this bridge and beyond is part of millions of acres ceded under an 1837 treaty between Ojibwe and Dakota bands and the United States government. The acreage contained vast tracts of the prized white pine that grew north of . . . — — Map (db m233476) HM
On Manning Avenue (County Highway 15) at Manning Trail Court when traveling north on Manning Avenue.
Preserving the Past for the Future
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places this is one of five known remaining iron bridges in Minnesota. In the 1890s steel replaced iron as the primary bridge building material making iron bridges . . . — — Map (db m233655) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
