Minnesota Historical Society Historical Markers

By K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013

Fort Ridgely Marker

101► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Fort Ridgely —

102► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Fort Ridgely Closes —

103► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Four Days From Fort Snelling —

104► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Garrison Life Was Like Clockwork —

105► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Log Buildings —

106► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Officers' Latrines —

107► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Officers' Quarters—A —

108► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Officers' Quarters—B —

109► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Officers' Quarters—C —

110► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Powder Magazines —

111► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Reinforcements Arrive —

112► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Stone Barracks —

113► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Surgeon's Quarters—Headquarters —

114► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Surprise Attack at Redwood Ferry —

115► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — This Fort Had a Purpose —

116► Minnesota (Nicollet County), Fairfax — Who Lived in the Barracks? —

117► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — "Only a Memory Now" —

118► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — A Minority in Their Homeland —

119► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — A River Crossroad —

120► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Archaeology —

121► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Ecakensdonyapi —

122► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Exploring the River Valley —

123► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Fur Trader Louis Provencalle —

124► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Land-Seas —

125► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Ministering to the Dakota —

126► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — The Eugene St. Julien Cox House —

127► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — The Rush for Land —

128► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux —

129► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Traverse des Sioux —

130► Minnesota (Nicollet County), St. Peter — Welcome to Traverse des Sioux —

131► Minnesota (Nobles County), Adrian — Military Highways —

132► Minnesota (Nobles County), Bigelow — Welcome to Minnesota / The Minnesota-Iowa Boundary —

133► Minnesota (Pine County), Pine City — Pine City —

134► Minnesota (Pine County), Sandstone — Lumbering in Minnesota —

135► Minnesota (Pine County), Willow River — Christopher C. Andrews, Conservation Pioneer —

136► Minnesota (Ramsey County), Saint Paul — Fountain Cave —

137► Minnesota (Ramsey County), Saint Paul — James J. Hill / The James J. Hill House —

138► Minnesota (Redwood County), Morton — Mdewakanton Ehdakupi Wanagi Makoce — Mdewakanton Repatriation Burial Site —

139► Minnesota (Redwood County), Morton — St. Cornelia's Church —

140► Minnesota (Redwood County), Redwood Falls — Wowinape or Thomas Wakeman — (1846 – 1886) —

141► Minnesota (Renville County), Delhi — Only Two Survived —

142► Minnesota (Renville County), Fairfax — A Second Wave of Attacks —

143► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — "A Beautiful Place to Encamp" —

144► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — “The Fight Was On” —

145► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — After the Battle —

146► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — RN-BCO-004 — Battle of Birch Coulee —

147► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Battle Scars —

148► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Battle Tactics —

149► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Dakota Positions —

150► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Minnesota's Civil War —

151► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Redwood Ferry —

152► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Surrounded at the Coulee —

153► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — The Battle Ends —

154► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — The Battle of Birch Coulee —

155► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — The Prairie Factor —

156► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — The Story of the Land —

157► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Two Men, One War —

158► Minnesota (Renville County), Morton — Wrong Place, Wrong Time —

159► Minnesota (Renville County), Sacred Heart — The Joseph R. Brown House —

160► Minnesota (Rice County), Nerstrand — Thomas Anderson Veblen and Kari Bunde Veblen Farmstead / History of the Veblen Farmstead —

161► Minnesota (Rice County), Northfield — A Flour Milling Revolution —

162► Minnesota (Roseau County), Warroad — Fort St. Charles —

163► Minnesota (Roseau County), Warroad — Warroad —

164► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Duluth — SL-DUT-002 — Clifton–French River —

165► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Duluth — SL-DUL-242 — Fond du Lac —

166► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Duluth — Minnesota's Oldest Concrete Pavement —

167► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Eveleth — A Three-Way Continental Divide —

168► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Hibbing — Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine —

169► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Independence — The Fires of Autumn 1918 —

170► Minnesota (Saint Louis County), Proctor — Minnesota’s Seaport / Welcome to Minnesota —

171► Minnesota (Scott County), New Market — The Big Woods —

172► Minnesota (Scott County), Shakopee — SC-SPC-069 — Pond Mission —

173► Minnesota (Sibley County), Henderson — Exiled from Their Homeland —

174► Minnesota (Sibley County), Henderson — The U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 —

175► Minnesota (Stearns County), Avon — Charles Lindbergh’s Minnesota Roots —

176► Minnesota (Stearns County), Clearwater — Exploring The Mississippi Headwaters —

177► Minnesota (Stearns County), Collegeville — St. John's Abbey and University —

178► Minnesota (Stearns County), Sauk Centre — Sinclair Lewis —

179► Minnesota (Steele County), Owatonna — Minnesota State Schools —

180► Minnesota (Steele County), Owatonna — National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna —

181► Minnesota (Todd County), Long Prairie — The Winnebago Agency 1846–1855 —

182► Minnesota (Traverse County), Brown Valley — Browns Valley Man —

183► Minnesota (Wabasha County), Lake City — WB-LKC-093 — Historic Lake Pepin: Birthplace of Waterskiing —

184► Minnesota (Wabasha County), Reads Landing — Lake Pepin —

185► Minnesota (Wabasha County), Reads Landing — WB-PEP-012 — Lake Pepin —

186► Minnesota (Washington County), Forest Lake — Ribbons of Steel —

187► Minnesota (Washington County), Lakeland — The St. Croix River Valley / Welcome to Minnesota —

188► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Boom, Then Bust —

189► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Marine —

190► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Marine —

191► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Marine Mill Site —

192► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Minnesota's First Commercial Sawmill —

193► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Powerhouse and Kiln —

194► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — Technological Revolution —

195► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — The Marine Township Hall —

196► Minnesota (Washington County), Marine on St. Croix — The Pineries are Gone —

197► Minnesota (Washington County), Stillwater — Lake St. Croix —

198► Minnesota (Washington County), Stillwater — Minnesota Territory 1849 – 1858 / Washington County Takes Shape —

199► Minnesota (Washington County), Stillwater — WA-SWT-004 — St. Croix Boom Site —

200► Minnesota (Washington County), Stillwater — WA-SWC-714 — Tamarack House —