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Historical Markers in Sacred Heart
Olivia is the county seat for Renville County
Sacred Heart is in Renville County
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1 ► Minnesota, Renville County, Sacred Heart — The Enestvedt Marker —  |
| This memorial to Ole O. and Anne Enestvedt and their children is near the location of the log and dugout home of these Norwegian immigrants. This pioneer family staked their homestead claim in the spring of 1867, shortly after the "Indian . . . — — Map (db m71288) HM | |||
| 2 ► Minnesota, Renville County, Sacred Heart — A Family's Proud Heritage — The Enestvedt Seed Corn Company — |
| This land was first tilled in 1867 by Ole Enestvedt and a pair of oxen with a single bottom plow. The early years were hard, back-breaking years as homesteading usually was. In 1900, Ole and Anna's youngest son, Engebret started the . . . — — Map (db m71275) HM | |||
| 3 ► Minnesota, Renville County, Sacred Heart — Farther and Gay Castle — |
| These ruins are all that remain of a large stone house built in 1861 by Joseph R. Brown, frontier fur trader, Indian agent, politician, journalist, and inventor. The house, known as Farther and Gay Castle, was a center of hospitality and . . . — — Map (db m69451) HM | |||
| 4 ► Minnesota, Renville County, Sacred Heart — The Joseph R. Brown House — |
| A Grand and Luxurious Home This was the first house built of quarried granite in the Minnesota River valley during the 1860s. Most structures then were cabins or small wooden frame houses. Brick and stone structures had been built at . . . — — Map (db m226523) HM | |||
| 5 ► Minnesota, Renville County, Sacred Heart — The Kittelsland Water Wheel — |
| This water wheel was put to use about 100 years ago, (around 1900) in this creek to pump water to a storage tank in Peter and Gunhild (Enestvedt) Kittelsland's round barn. The tank was located up in the hay mow so the water had enough height for the . . . — — Map (db m71281) HM | |||
| 6 ► Minnesota, Renville County, Sacred Heart — A New Life with Family and Friends — |
| This is the Lars Rudi home. Lars was the son of a farmer in Uvdal, Numedal, Norway, and was one of seven Rudi children who grew to adulthood. All but one of the Rudi siblings immigrated to America hoping to make a better life for . . . — — Map (db m71224) HM | |||