view gallery 0 km
|  Colonel Josiah Snelling, Ft. Snelling – Minneapolis, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This marker is dedicated to the memory of Colonel Josiah Snelling. posted by: wildernessmama location: Minnesota date approved: 9/6/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SE0 km
|  Giacomo Constantino Beltrami, Ft. Snelling – Minneapolis, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This historical marker tells about explorer Giacomo Constantino Beltrami. posted by: wildernessmama location: Minnesota date approved: 9/6/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW0.3 km
|  Fort Snelling 1861 ~ 1946
in Minnesota Historical Markers The story of Fort Snelling is the story of the development of the U.S. Northwest. While surrounded today by freeways and a large urban population, Fort Snelling was once a lonely symbol of American ambition in the wilderness. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 7/28/2016 |
view gallery E1.4 km
|  Sibley House Association
in Minnesota Historical Markers THE SITHE SIBLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION (SHA) IS A NON-PROFIT incorporation of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Minnesota’s first public history site. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 9/27/2011 |
view gallery E1.4 km
|  Mendota
in Minnesota Historical Markers Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name comes from the Dakota word for "where the waters meet. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/28/2008 last visited: 3/23/2014 |
view gallery E1.6 km
|  General Henry Hastings Sibley -- Mendota, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers Marker honors Henry Sibley posted by: yetispaghetti location: Minnesota date approved: 10/23/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.8 km
|  Mendota Historical Marker - Mendota Heights, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers Marker showing site of the earliest white settlement in Minnesota. posted by: Nomiker location: Minnesota date approved: 8/13/2011 last visited: 11/22/2020 |
view gallery NW3.2 km
|  Geology of Minnesota: Minnehaha Falls
in Minnesota Historical Markers Marker describing the geology of the Minnehaha Falls area. posted by: bookworm1225 location: Minnesota date approved: 8/17/2009 last visited: 8/1/2022 |
view gallery NW3.2 km
|  Minnehaha Depot
in Minnesota Historical Markers Milwaukee Road employees referred to the Minnehaha Depot as the "Princess" because of its delicate gingerbread canopy. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/20/2008 last visited: 7/28/2016 |
view gallery NE6 km
|  Fountain Cave
in Minnesota Historical Markers Fountain Cave was the first building site for what was to become the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. Pierre (Pig's Eye) Parrant, a person of dubious reputation, built a cabin at the mouth of this cave in 1838. posted by: MNFunFacts location: Minnesota date approved: 7/15/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW6.1 km
|  The Old Met
in Minnesota Historical Markers The Home of the Minnesota Twins (And also the Vikings) from 1956 - 1981. posted by: Troutonthebrain location: Minnesota date approved: 6/15/2012 last visited: 1/11/2020 |
view gallery NE7.7 km
|  McQuillan Park - St. Paul, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This marker is in a park in Ramsey Hill. A map of the neighborhood is on the back. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Minnesota date approved: 7/27/2011 last visited: 6/19/2014 |
view gallery NE8.4 km
|  James J. Hill House
in Minnesota Historical Markers Marker describing history of James J. Hill, and the house he built on Summit Avenue in St. Paul. posted by: bookworm1225 location: Minnesota date approved: 8/17/2009 last visited: 7/16/2013 |
view gallery NE9 km
|  Rice Park
in Minnesota Historical Markers Rice Park, a public square since 1849, serves as an outlet for anyone who needs to relax or downtown workers who just want to eat lunch away from their desks. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 6/27/2008 last visited: 10/21/2012 |
view gallery NE9 km
|  The Saint Paul Public Library
in Minnesota Historical Markers On Sept. 7, 1882, The Saint Paul Common council passed a resolution to establish and maintain a free public library and reading room. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 6/27/2008 last visited: 10/21/2012 |
view gallery NE9 km
|  James J. Hill Reference Library
in Minnesota Historical Markers Founded by James J. Hill and his descendants, the Hill Library remains the "Empire Builder's" most visible civic legacy. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 6/27/2008 last visited: 10/21/2012 |
view gallery N9.8 km
|  The J.V. Bailey House - Falcon Heights, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers The J.V.Bailey house is the first stop of ten on the Minnesota State Fair Historical Walking Tour. posted by: DougK location: Minnesota date approved: 7/14/2010 last visited: 9/30/2011 |
view gallery N10.1 km
|  Spanish-American War Markers, 1900
in Minnesota Historical Markers Plaques identifying the alumni and other former students of the University of Minnesota who were in the United States Army or Navy during the war with Spain, September 1900. posted by: meralgia location: Minnesota date approved: 8/3/2008 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
view gallery W10.6 km
|  Geoology of Minnesota ~ Lake Harriet Region
in Minnesota Historical Markers The continental glaciers spreading over Minnesota during the Great Ice Ages brought vast quantities of rock material from the North to be dumped indiscriminately during the recession of the ice. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 7/7/2012 |
view gallery W10.6 km
|  Como~Harriet Streetcar Line
in Minnesota Historical Markers Until 1954, Twin Citians depended on electrically powered streetcars to take them to work, school, and shopping. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 2/19/2008 last visited: 8/4/2014 |
view gallery NW11.9 km
|  Ard Godfrey House
in Minnesota Historical Markers The Ard Godfrey House is the oldest wood frame house existing in Minneapolis. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 11/23/2007 last visited: 10/23/2014 |
view gallery NW11.9 km
|  Richard Chute Square
in Minnesota Historical Markers The University of Minnesota's first building, a preparatory school, was located on this site from 1851 until the University moved to its present location in 1855. posted by: MNSearchers location: Minnesota date approved: 11/23/2007 last visited: 3/23/2009 |
view gallery E12.6 km
|  Armour & Company - South St. Paul, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This is the former site of Armour & Company, built in 1919 and the largest of Armour's 33 meat packing plants in the United States. posted by: FSU*Noles location: Minnesota date approved: 8/3/2008 last visited: 6/21/2014 |
view gallery NE16.7 km
|  Gervais Grist Mill - Little Canada, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers This is the Gervais Grist Mill historical marker, for the first commercial grist mill built in Minnesota. posted by: FSU*Noles location: Minnesota date approved: 4/5/2008 last visited: 3/12/2013 |
view gallery SW18.3 km
|  Camp Savage
in Minnesota Historical Markers Marker describing Japanese-American work in World War II. posted by: bookworm1225 location: Minnesota date approved: 7/16/2011 last visited: 7/16/2020 |
|