Until the late 1990s, people drove their cars into the overlook. They followed a curving route and went through an opening in the northern wall.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers quarried local Platteville limestone . . . — — Map (db m228924) HM
Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers built this overlook in 1938 from local limestone. The workers came from Mendota Camp #1, which was along the river bluff about a half mile (.8 km) away. Between here and there was a limestone quarry. The . . . — — Map (db m225640) HM
The "New Deal"
During the Great Depression of the early 1930's, more than 25 percent of the nations' workforce was unemployed. One of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA . . . — — Map (db m178002) HM
Ancient people lived in Minnesota as early as 12,000 years ago. These first inhabitants of the land left behind lasting clues about their cultures. They moved seasonally between camps while hunting and gathering. Often they chose camps near major . . . — — Map (db m229000) HM
1851 • 1922
[symbol of the D.A.R.]
To Commemorate The Treaty at Mendota
Negotiated on
Pilot Knob
Whereby the Sioux Indians ceded their lands
in the Territory of Minnesota and State of Iowa
to the . . . — — Map (db m37430) HM
You can see deep time in the overlook walls. Platteville limestone formed about 455 million years ago when a sea covered what we now call "Minnesota." As sea creatures died, their shells fell to the ocean floor. Building up over time, they . . . — — Map (db m229273) HM
Dedicated
to the memory of all
United States War Veterans
June 25, 1939
Dedicatory Committee
United Spanish War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion — — Map (db m37739) HM
