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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Redwood County, Minnesota

 
Clickable Map of Redwood 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 Redwood County, MN (20) Brown County, MN (87) Cottonwood County, MN (9) Lyon County, MN (4) Murray County, MN (11) Renville County, MN (44) Yellow Medicine County, MN (21)  RedwoodCounty(20) Redwood County (20)  BrownCounty(87) Brown County (87)  CottonwoodCounty(9) Cottonwood County (9)  LyonCounty(4) Lyon County (4)  MurrayCounty(11) Murray County (11)  RenvilleCounty(44) Renville County (44)  YellowMedicineCounty(21) Yellow Medicine County (21)
Redwood Falls is the county seat for Redwood County
Adjacent to Redwood County, Minnesota
      Brown County (87)  
      Cottonwood County (9)  
      Lyon County (4)  
      Murray County (11)  
      Renville County (44)  
      Yellow Medicine County (21)  
 
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1 Minnesota, Redwood County, Belview — Boiling Spring
On County Road 7, 0.7 miles north of 410th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Historic Boiling Spring, 250 yards northwest, was long an Indian camping place and later a watering spot on the Fort Snelling–Dakota Road built in the 1850's. The road turned here to pass the spring, then called Big Spring. Settlers renamed it . . . Map (db m69605) HM
2 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morgan — Veterans Memorial
On Vernon Avenue near 3rd Street.
To Honor and Remember All Veterans who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America Army • Navy Air Force • Marines Coast Guard Erected and Presented to the Morgan Community by the Members of . . . Map (db m70642) WM
3 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Court Martial Site
On County Highway 2, 0.2 miles east of Porter Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
175 feet north stood the building in which upwards of 100 Sioux Indians were tried by Court Martial convicted and sentenced to death Nov. 1862.Map (db m67772) HM
4 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Forbes' Trading Post Site
On County Highway 2 east of Porter Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
400 feet north stood Forbe's trading-post, Aug. 18, 1862.Map (db m67880) HM
5 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Lower Sioux Veterans Memorial
On Reservation Highway 1, 0.2 miles west of County Highway 2, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to All Lower Sioux Veterans Raymond Coursolle Norman Dow Louis Hemminger George WabashaMap (db m70124) WM
6 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Mdewakanton Ehdakupi Wanagi MakoceMdewakanton Repatriation Burial Site
Near Reservation Road 101, 0.1 miles east of Reservation Highway 1.
  De oyanke ed Mdwakanton Dakota wicantancan ehdakupi kin hena wicaliapi.   Hena 1862 U.S. - Dakota okicize iyohakab tamakoce etan wicakaliapi.   Dena oyate wicatancan ehdakupi he, he Dakota tona waniyetu ota, Minisota Makobaspe . . . Map (db m70158) HM
7 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Myrick's Trading Post Site
On County Highway 2, 0.1 miles east of Porter Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
40 feet north stood Myrick's trading-post, Aug. 18, 1862.Map (db m67834) HM
8 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Repatriation Monument
Near Reservation Road 101, 0.1 miles east of Reservation Highway 1, on the left when traveling east.
Ta ku wicuonyanpi kin hena, ca hota tawapi kin hena wakan qa tukted wicahapi kin hed maka kin hena nakin wakan. Tona okioize ed opapi kin hena wicunkisuyapi. Oa maknce unkitawapi kin akand cante wasteya qa wookiye yuha untipi kte. Unkan . . . Map (db m71025) HM
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9 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — Robert's Trading Post Site
On County Highway 2 at Porter Avenue, on the left when traveling east on County Highway 2.
188 feet north stood Robert's trading-post, Aug. 18, 1862.Map (db m67845) HM
10 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — St. Cornelia's Church
Near Reservation Road 101, 0.1 miles east of Reservation Highway 1, on the left when traveling east.
  A center of Mdewakanton Dakota community life for several generations, St. Cornelia's Episcopal Church is a symbol of Dakota continuity in the homeland from which they once were exiles. In 1987 the remains of 31 Dakota who died in an Iowa . . . Map (db m70182) HM
11 Minnesota, Redwood County, Morton — The Remains of Hon. J.W. Lynde
On County Highway 2, 0.1 miles east of Porter Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Here lie the remains of Hon. J.W. Lynde Killed by Sioux Indians Aug. 18, 1862.Map (db m67769) HM
12 Minnesota, Redwood County, North Redwood Falls — Richard Sears Memorial Park
On Main Street South (County Highway 101) south of Front Street East, on the left when traveling south.
Richard Warren Sears a 22-year-old Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway agent, first sold a shipment of watches from North Redwood in 1886. His mail-order enterprises eventually grew into Sears, Roebuck and Co., the nation's largest retailer and now a . . . Map (db m70526) HM
13 Minnesota, Redwood County, Redwood Falls — Civil War Monument
Near North Swain Street, 0.8 miles north of East Bridge Street (U.S. 71), on the right when traveling north.
The Grand Army of the Republic Badge Erected 1913 by W. R. C. Sacred to the Memory of our Civil War Veterans 1861 - 1865 Gideon Richardson · Co. D. 195 Ohio Inf. • A.L. Gale · Co. H. 14 N.H. Inf. • Andrew G. . . . Map (db m71094) WM
14 Minnesota, Redwood County, Redwood Falls — Clayton H. Pickett / The General Sherman
Near West Bridge Street (State Highway 19 / 67) near North Grove Street, on the left when traveling west.
Clayton H. Pickett In memory of our comrade Clayton H. Pickett Corporal NG27342169 who was killed in action November 5, 1951 while serving in Korea with the 89th Tank Bn. Former members, Tank Company, 135 Infantry Redwood . . . Map (db m69429) WM
15 Minnesota, Redwood County, Redwood Falls — Geology of the Redwood Falls Region
Near East Oak Street, 0.8 miles west of North Lincoln Street.
Exposed in the rocky hillocks of the Minnesota River valley between Montevideo and Morton are some of the oldest rocks on earth. The pink-and-black banded rock used for the pedestal of this tablet is a metamorphic rock called gneiss (pronounced . . . Map (db m69216) HM
16 Minnesota, Redwood County, Redwood Falls — Old Military Road
Near West Bridge Street (State Highway 19 / 67) near North Grove Street, on the left when traveling west.
  First wagon trail in Redwood County, crossed the Redwood River at this fording site. Not yet dammed, the river was a small stream in pioneer years.   Built in 1853, the road connected Fort Ridgely with the Lower and Upper Sioux Agencies . . . Map (db m69241) HM
17 Minnesota, Redwood County, Redwood Falls — Wowinape or Thomas Wakeman(1846 – 1886)
Near North Swain Street, 0.8 miles north of East Bridge Street (Minnesota Highway 19), on the right when traveling north.
Near this spot lie the remains of Wowinape (Place of Refuge), a survivor of the Dakota War of 1862. Wowinape was the son of Taoyateduta (His Red Nation), known to whites as Little Crow, spokesman and leader of the Dakota in that tragic war. In July, . . . Map (db m69792) HM
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18 Minnesota, Redwood County, Sanborn — Sanborn, Minnesota Veterans Memorial
On County Road 41, on the right when traveling west.
In Memoriam 1914 – 1918 Nels Colburn Oscar Colburn Louis Timm 1940 – 1946 Otto Becker Emery Busse Helmer Eichten Herman Darkow Dwight Forshaw Verden Haak Albert Koch Edmund Schierenbeck . . . Map (db m140767) WM
19 Minnesota, Redwood County, Wabasso, New Avon Township — New Avon Salem United Methodist Church1896 – 2002
On State Highway 68 west of Laser Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The New Avon Salem United Methodist Church, originally called the Evangelical Association, was organized May 18, 1896 during a meeting in the Louie Beyer home in New Avon Township. There were about 40 charter members and services were conducted in . . . Map (db m235421) HM
20 Minnesota, Redwood County, Walnut Grove — Laura's Dugout Home on the Banks of Plum Creek
Near County Road 5, 1.5 miles north of U.S. 14, on the right when traveling north.
The Charles Ingalls Family's dugout home was located here in the 1870's. This depression is all that remains since the roof caved in years ago. The prairie grasses and flowers here grow much as they did in Laura's time, and the spring still flows . . . Map (db m163680) HM
 
 
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Mar. 29, 2024