Near 120th Street (County Highway 38) north of 435th Avenue when traveling east.
For Minnesota's Nobel Prizewinning novelist Sinclair Lewis, Inspiration Peak more than lived up to its name. From its "bald top," he wrote, "there is to be seen a glorious, 20-mile circle of some 50 lakes scattered among fields and pastures, like . . . — — Map (db m120098) HM
On State Highway 210, on the right when traveling east.
Known also as “Old Town,” about one quarter mile south, named for Major George B. Clitherall, U.S. Land Officer, was settled in 1865 by a seceding group of Latter Day Saints.
The community flourished for many years but gradually . . . — — Map (db m207750) HM
On State Highway 78, on the right when traveling north.
Near this spot James Craigie of Aberdeen, Scotland, who came to Ottertail County about 1868 built the first grist mill in the county in 1870. The mill stones and wheel were imported from Scotland.
Craigie and his wife were drowned in . . . — — Map (db m207661) HM
On Bay View Road just west of Otter Tail Scenic Byway (State Highway 78/108), on the left when traveling west.
This tablet commemorates Otter Tail City, the first County Seat of Otter Tail County, 1858 to 1872. This site was chosen for the erection of the court house and jail. Dedicated by the Otter Tail County Historical Society on June 25, 1933. — — Map (db m233574) HM
On State Highway 78 at Bay View Road on State Highway 78.
Otter Tail City in the 1850’s was an important post on the fur trade route from St. Paul and Crow Wing to the Red River Valley. It was once the county seat, and had the U.S. Land Office for the district. When the county seat was established at . . . — — Map (db m207665) HM
On Otter Tail Scenic Byway (State Highway 78/108) at Bay View Road, on the right when traveling south on Otter Tail Scenic Byway.
A Snapshot of Ottertail City Trading Post - Otter Tail City was originally settled by trappers that traded with the natives of the area. Donald McDonald located a trading post on the east side of Otter Tail Lake because of its . . . — — Map (db m233573) HM
Minnesota woman - the skeleton of a girl about fifteen years of age - - was discovered at this point in 1932 by a highway repair crew. Although the skeleton has not been dated exactly, based on the site geology scientists believe it to be perhaps . . . — — Map (db m207259) HM
On West Main Street (Otter Tail Scenic Byway) (County Road 80) just west of 2nd Avenue Southwest, on the left when traveling east.
This tablet is placed here to commemorate the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway at Perham September 30, 1871. The first railroad to enter Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Dedicated by the Otter Tail County Historical Society June 28, . . . — — Map (db m233683) HM
On West Main Street (Otter Tail Scenic Byway) (County Road 80) just west of 2nd Avenue Southwest, on the left when traveling east.
Josiah Perham The city is named after Josiah Perham, who became the first president of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1864. Perham was a wealthy man, but lost all his money and property in an attempt to build a railroad from Lake . . . — — Map (db m233623) HM
