This town began in 1878 and named for a river in Ireland. Became a key point for the sale of 50,000 acres of Railroad lands to Catholic colonists in Murray County through the activities of Archbishop Ireland and the Catholic Colonization . . . — — Map (db m101288) HM
Lest We Forget,
Some Gave All, All Gave Some.
In Honor of All Men and Women
Who Served Our Country.
This Veterans Memorial is
Dedicated to Them.
Paver names (by column):
PVT Lionel Boudreau, USA, WWI
LT Katherine R . . . — — Map (db m229816) WM
The monument rests on three large stones representing and honoring the Dakota, the Settlers and the Lakota. It is approximately 1,750 feet down a mown grass trail, behind you and to the right (west).
The Slaughter Slough monument was dedicated . . . — — Map (db m164722) HM
This site is the approximate location of a battle which occurred on August 20, 1862, between Dakota (Sioux) Indians and settlers fleeing to New Ulm from their cabins along Lake Shetek. This tragic encounter claimed the lives of at least two . . . — — Map (db m164718) HM
A military and civilian burial detail interred the remains of settlers killed at the slough. All remains were placed in seven wooden coffins in family groups and then buried side by side.
At this site lie the bodies of 14 people buried . . . — — Map (db m228258) HM
Henry and Sophia Smith flee to the Wright cabin
Shouts of terror and the crack of gun fire broke the early morning calm of August 20, 1862. Running in fear for their lives the Lake Shetek settlers passed this way, heading for shelter in . . . — — Map (db m228263) HM
Fulda's depot, the only surviving Eastlake - style two-story depot in southwestern Minnesota, was built in 1880 just to the southeast of the present location, on a platform between two sets of tracks. Boarding the train and loading freight was . . . — — Map (db m101287) HM
After the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, marking the end of World War I, Fulda's brave young men returned home.
The community felt that a memorial in their honor was appropriate. With the Fulda Reading Club taking the initiative, . . . — — Map (db m233116) HM
Side 1
In 1892, Fulda was to host the Encampment of the GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, comprised of Union veterans of the Civil War. With enthusiasm mounting, the members of the Zach Taylor Post 42 and a majority of Fulda's citizens . . . — — Map (db m101285) HM
This monument depicts a Union soldier wearing the Blue of the North during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865. The soldier stands at parade rest overlooking the soldiers interned at the monument base and others within Prairie Hill Cemetery. Their . . . — — Map (db m233113) HM
