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Historical Markers in South Saint Paul, Minnesota
Hastings is the county seat for Dakota County
South Saint Paul is in Dakota County
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ADJACENT TO DAKOTA COUNTY
Goodhue County (43) ►
Hennepin County (323) ►
Ramsey County (176) ►
Rice County (37) ►
Scott County (26) ►
Washington County (71) ►
Pierce County, Wisconsin (7) ►
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1 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Armour & Company — 1919 – 1979 — ![]() |
On Armour Avenue west of Hardman Avenue South. |
With the establishment of the stockyards, meat buyers were quick to congregate in South St. Paul. In 1897, Armour had buyers here. Cattle, hogs and sheep were purchased and then shipped to Chicago for processing. Nearby the Swift & Company plant was . . . — — Map (db m31247) HM |
2 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Kaposia Village — ![]() |
On Butler Avenue (County Highway 4) at North Concord Street (State Highway 156) on Butler Avenue. |
Here on the Mendota Trail from 1839 to 1852 stood the Sioux village of the Little Crow family. An attempted Chippewa attack in 1842 precipitated the Battle of Kaposia across the river. After the Treaty of Mendota in 1851 the band moved up the . . . — — Map (db m31186) HM |
3 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Kaposia: Dakota Village on the Mississippi River — ![]() |
Kaposia was first located on the east bank of the Mississippi River on a low terrace below the bluff in present-day St. Paul. It was established after 1750 by a group of Mdewakanton Dakota whose succession of chiefs were each known as Little Crow. . . . — — Map (db m151038) HM |
4 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Swift & Company — 1897 – 1969 — ![]() |
On Grand Avenue at Bridgepoint Drive on Grand Avenue. |
On this site stood Swift & Company’s slaughterhouse and meat packing plant. It eventually became the company’s largest plant in the United States. The area covered 28 acres, with 30.5 acres of floor space in multi-storied buildings. Swift & . . . — — Map (db m40768) HM |
5 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — The Stockyards — ![]() |
On Armour Avenue at Farwell Avenue on Armour Avenue. |
The idea to create a livestock market and meat packing center at South St. Paul was conceived by Alpheus B. Stickney, a prominent railroad businessman. After meetings with western livestock ranchers and producers, the need to locally slaughter and . . . — — Map (db m31274) HM |