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By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2018
Pierz Marker
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| On Main Street North (Minnesota Route 27) just north of 1st Avenue East, on the right when traveling north. |
| | [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 |
| On Main Street South (State Highway 25/27) 0.1 miles south of Park Avenue Southeast (County Road 252), on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
May. 17, 2024
