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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Brainerd, Minnesota

 
Clickable Map of Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County, MN (139) Aitkin County, MN (10) Cass County, MN (29) Mille Lacs County, MN (49) Morrison County, MN (60)  CrowWingCounty(139) Crow Wing County (139)  AitkinCounty(10) Aitkin County (10)  CassCounty(29) Cass County (29)  MilleLacsCounty(49) Mille Lacs County (49)  MorrisonCounty(60) Morrison County (60)
Brainerd is the county seat for Crow Wing County
Brainerd is in Crow Wing County
Crow Wing County (139)  ►
ADJACENT TO CROW WING COUNTY
Aitkin County (10)  ►
Cass County (29)  ►
Mille Lacs County (49)  ►
Morrison County (60)  ►
 
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1 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — 1898 Laurel Street Bridge Railings —
On Laurel Street west of S. 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
This "fence section" you see before you is actually a bridge railing from the Laurel Street Bridge that sat at that Mississippi River location from 1898 to 1978. All the railings were salvaged before the old bridge was demolished. How they got . . . — — Map (db m279457) HM
2 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — All Veterans Memorial —
On Laurel Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on Laurel Street.
. . . — — Map (db m78407) WM
3 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — Carnegie Library —
On 7th Street at Washington Street (Minnesota Highway 210), on the right when traveling north on 7th Street.
This building was presented to the City of Brainerd by Andrew Carnegie Anno Domini, 1904. — — Map (db m78408) HM
4 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — Depot Park —
On Front Street at South 6th Street (Voyageur Highway) (Business State Highway 371), on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
Although never a city entity, this park was located on the east side of Sixth Street just south of the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks, also called NP Park as it was on Northern Pacific RR land. The first NP Depot was just to the north, . . . — — Map (db m213559) HM
5 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — First Northern Pacific Depot — Historic Site — 1871 - 1971 —
On 6th Street (State Highway 371) at Washington Street (State Highway 210/371), on the right when traveling north on 6th Street.
First N. P. Depot — — Map (db m78409) HM
6 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — Former Northern Pacific Railway Water Tower — Official Minnesota Historic Site —
On 6th Street (State Highway 371) at Washington Street (State Highway 210/371), on the right when traveling north on 6th Street.
Built 1919-1922 Renovated 1974 Dedication July 4, 1974 — — Map (db m78410) HM
7 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — Geology of Minnesota — Brainerd Region —
On State Highway 371 0.1 miles north of Seagull Road Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Toward the close of the Wisconsin stage of glaciation about 12,000 years ago, the waning lobe of the ice sheet in the Brainerd area retreated westward, leaving in its wake many stagnant ice blocks which had become separated from the main ice field. . . . — — Map (db m155678) HM
8 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — The Mills Companies Corporate Headquarters —
On Laurel Street just west of Voyageur Highway (State Highway 371B), on the left when traveling west.
Founder Stewart C. Mills, Sr. December 6, 1891 – April 8, 1978 Lively Auto Company — 1922 Crow Wing Oil Company — 1924 Mills Motor, Inc. — 1931 Mills Fleet Farm — 1955 Mills Properties, Inc. — 1959 — — Map (db m238261) HM
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9 ► Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Brainerd — Reconciliation —
On South 4th Street at Front Street, on the left when traveling north on South 4th Street.
At this location, on July 23, 1872, a tragedy occurred and two American Indian brothers lost their lives to a vigilante group. These members of the White Earth Nation had been accused in the disappearance of a 22 year-old woman from Crow Wing . . . — — Map (db m213585) HM
 
 
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Oct. 17, 2026