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By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2018
Pierz Marker
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1 ► Minnesota, Morrison County, Pierz — Pierz — 1865-1965 —  |
| [left panel] The first white settler, Herman J. Billig came to this area in the fall of 1865. In the spring of 1866 a mission was opened at Pierz and cared for by the pastor of Belle Prairie, Father Joseph Buh. [center panel]Pierz is . . . — — Map (db m158940) HM | |||
| 2 ► Minnesota, Morrison County, Pierz — Reverend Francis Xavier Pierz — "Father of the Diocese of St. Cloud" — 1785-1880 — |
| Erected in 1952 to the Memory of Reverend Francis Xavier Pierz "Father of the Diocese of St. Cloud" 1785-1880 By assignment of Bishop Joseph Crétin of St. Paul he came to the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries in 1852 to convert the Indians and . . . — — Map (db m213533) HM | |||