The first actual settler in Lake City was Jacob Boody who came in the Fall of 1853. His brother and Abner Dwelle came the next year. Samuel Doughty built the first substantial home and blacksmith shop in 1855. That same year the town was platted and . . . — — Map (db m52078) HM
"I decided that if you could ski on snow, you could ski on water." In 1922, after first trying barrel staves, then snow skis, eighteen year old Ralph W. Samuelson succeeded in waterskiing on eight foot long pine boards, steamed in boiling water to . . . — — Map (db m45308) HM
Dedicated
in grateful memory of
her son and all others
who made the supreme
sacrifice and all who
served in defense of
their country
in
World War I 1917 • 1918
World War II 1941 • 1945
Korean War 1950 • 1954
by
Mary . . . — — Map (db m52092) HM
On the east shore of Lake Pepin, opposite this point juts out a high rock. From this pinnacle according to accounts of early travelers, a Sioux maiden of Wabasha’s band prevented from marrying the warrior of her choice, leaped to her death that . . . — — Map (db m207747) HM
who came to Lake City in 1856 as territorial pioneers. They purchased an interest in the new townsite and selected the square comprising this park as the location of their future home. On this site, the same year, they built their residence and . . . — — Map (db m150709) HM
Water skiing was invented on July 2, 1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson executed his idea that if one could ski on snow, one could ski on water. After designing and creating the first water skis, Ralph was the first person ever to ski on . . . — — Map (db m268564) HM
“If we had a way of foreordaining these things, we couldn’t have picked a finer father of water skiing than Ralph Samuelson. He has been an amazing asset to the sport ever since he discovered it on Lake Pepin, Lake City, Minnesota, largely . . . — — Map (db m153918) HM
On July 13, 1890, the steamer "Sea Wing", with covered barge alongside, and 215 passengers aboard was returning from a Sunday excursion down the Mississippi River to Lake City. At 8 p.m., Captain D.N. Wethern had guided the steamer 5 miles up Lake . . . — — Map (db m45462) HM
Ten thousand years ago, as the Ice Age was drawing to a close, Wisconsin's fast-flowing Chippewa River carried vast quantities of sand. But where the Chippewa entered the Mississippi, ten miles downstream from here, its current slowed and the . . . — — Map (db m52074) HM
