St. Peter Boat Landing

St. Peter Boat Landing (HM18QI)

Location: St Peter, MN 56082 Nicollet County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 19.498', W 93° 57.227'

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About 150 feet North of this Park was the old boat landing.

Boat transportation from the earliest years of this area until the 1870's was the main source of commercial transportation.

The first steamboat to come up the Minnesota River was the "Anthony Wayne", July, 1850 and traveled as far as Mankato and returned.

One year over 400 boats made trips up the Minnesota River and returned.

53,600 bu. of small grain was shipped by steamboat from St. Peter in 1861.

In 1897, the "Henrietta" was the last steamboat to come up the river and return.

Nicollet County BicentennialCommission
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HM NumberHM18QI
Series This marker is part of the The Spirit of 76, America's Bicentennial Celebration series
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Year Placed1976
Placed ByNicollet County Bicentennial Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 1:12pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 423949 N 4908409
Decimal Degrees44.32496667, -93.95378333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 19.498', W 93° 57.227'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 19' 29.88" N, 93° 57' 13.62" W
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Area Code(s)507, 651
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 307 Broadway Ave, St Peter MN 56082, US
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