Near Interstate 90 at milepost 275, on the right when traveling west.
Minnesota’s “Fashionable Tour.” In the years between 1835 and 1860, steamboats from St. Louis and the Illinois river towns of Rock Island and Galena carried hundreds of tourists up the Mississippi River past “a thousand bluffs . . . — — Map (db m8617) HM
Front
Ever since Americans recognized the Upper Mississippi River's potential as a transportation route, they have been trying to improve it for commercial navigation. One such improvement, Lock and Dam No.7, is visible from this . . . — — Map (db m140974) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 275, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to State Trooper
Corporal Theodore "Ted" Foss
1965–2000
Corporal Ted Foss was
killed August 31, 2000
on I-90 near Lewiston, Mn
while making a traffic stop — — Map (db m8687) HM
On Interstate 90 at milepost 244, 1.9 miles east of County Road 29.
The face of Minnesota has undergone many changes over the centuries as a result of the forces of nature. Its present appearance is the result of modification over four glacial periods that have created the landscape you see along the roadways. . . . — — Map (db m140972) HM
On Township Road 8 east of County Road 7, on the right when traveling east.
On September 20, 1980, 11 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in the Pickwick area causing a flash flood that severely damaged the mill and Lake Labell's flood gates. In 1982, Pickwick Mill Inc. was founded to restore the mill and Lake Labelle. This . . . — — Map (db m55613) HM
On County Road 7 at Little Trout Valley Road, on the right when traveling south on County Road 7.
Named by Mary Davis in 1857 after
reading Charles Dickens novel,
Pickwick Papers
Sign donated by Worldwide Dicken's Fellowship
open May to Oct, Sat & Sun 11AM to 5PM.
or by appointment call 452-9658 or 452-7341.
Open weekends May . . . — — Map (db m55612) HM
Near High Road 0.2 miles north of East Garvin Heights Road.
The city 575 feet below this bluff was founded in 1851 by Captain Orrin Smith on the site of ‘Keoxah’ the village of Sioux Indian Chief Wapasha and his band. First called Wabasha’s Prairie, it was later named Winona — from the Sioux . . . — — Map (db m56857) HM
Near West Lake Boulevard 0.2 miles west of Huff Street Dyke, on the left when traveling west.
Welcome to the Woodlawn Cemetery Potters' Field. "Potters' Field" is a historical designation, going back to the time of the Bible, when a field outside of the settlement was set aside to bury travelers and strangers to the community. A field used . . . — — Map (db m62641) HM
Near West Lake Boulevard 0.2 miles west of Huff Street, on the left when traveling west.
A courageous soldier and member of Ethan Allen’s immortal band of 83, who took part in the surprise attack on the British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga, and the only Revolutionary soldier known to be buried in the State of Minnesota.
. . . — — Map (db m56101) HM
On Parks Avenue north of U.S. 14 / 61, on the left when traveling north.
"The crown of the majestic Sugar Loaf Bluff is disappearing before the strokes of the utilitarian quarrymen," editorialized the Winona Daily
Republican in 1886. "In a very few years that widely known landmark will be but a homely . . . — — Map (db m43176) HM
Paul and Florence Watkins started construction of the Manor House in 1924, with completion in 1927. Paul was the nephew of J.R. Watkins, the founder of Watkins Products and became the company's second president in 1911. Paul and Florence traveled . . . — — Map (db m109644) HM
On Lake Park Drive east of Main Street (State Highway 43), on the right when traveling east.
This anchor is from the Coast Guard cutter, Winona, which was commissioned on August 15, 1946. It was home ported most of its life at Port Angeles, Washington. It served part of the time on patrol in the Bering Sea and off the coast of Vietnam. . . . — — Map (db m126793) WM
Near Huff Street at West 6th Street / West Broadway Street.
Gift of W.J. Landon in memory of
Ida Cone Landon 1900
The Statuary grouping of We-No-Nah and its turtles and pelicans was erected in Central Park on August 26, 1902, and incorporated in Levee Plaza 1977.
We-No-Nah, meaning first born . . . — — Map (db m49941) HM
On West 4rd Street (State Highway 43) 0.1 miles west of Johnson Street, on the right when traveling west.
Winona County Courthouse Erected 1888
C. G. Maybury, Architect
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Winona Commission for the
Bicentennial of the Constitution 1987 — — Map (db m126794) HM
Near High Road 0.2 miles north of East Garvin Heights Road.
Winona has been home to many peoples ever since the first Native Americans hunted mammoths and mastodons 12,000 years ago. The Dakota and Ho-Chunk lived here until the 1850s. The Dakota called it "Keoxa," or homeland. Their word . . . — — Map (db m80090) HM
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