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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 (7) Lac qui Parle County, MN (6) Stevens County, MN (1) Swift County, MN (1) Traverse County, MN (4) Grant County, SD (1) Roberts County, SD (12)  BigStoneCounty(7) Big Stone County (7)  LacquiParleCounty(6) Lac qui Parle County (6)  StevensCounty(1) Stevens County (1)  SwiftCounty(1) Swift County (1)  TraverseCounty(4) Traverse County (4)  GrantCountySouth Dakota(1) Grant County (1)  RobertsCounty(12) Roberts County (12)
Adjacent to Big Stone County, Minnesota
    Lac qui Parle County (6)
    Stevens County (1)
    Swift County (1)
    Traverse County (4)
    Grant County, South Dakota (1)
    Roberts County, South Dakota (12)
 
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1Minnesota (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
2Minnesota (Big Stone County), Clinton — The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Depotbuilt 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
3Minnesota (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
4Minnesota (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
5Minnesota (Big Stone County), Ortonville — Big Stone County CourthouseNational 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
6Minnesota (Big Stone County), Ortonville — Geology of MinnesotaOrtonville 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
7Minnesota (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
 
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