Florita Settlement
N 44° 40.342 W 095° 09.732
15T E 328616 N 4948829
Site of Florita Settlement 1886-1912
Waymark Code: WM74FF
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2009
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A general store was built about 1886 and was called Florita. Being in Flora township. A post office was installed in the store with about 40 boxes. in 1892 the flora farmers co-operative creamery was started and did business until 1912. The monument is a tribute to the pioneers who settled and lived in the community. the marker was placed in 1994.
Marker Type:: Roadside
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