1848 · 1948
On this site, in the frontier river settlement of Stillwater, sixty-one delegates from the vast unorganized wilderness west of the St. Croix assembled on August 26, 1848 to hold the Minnesota Territorial Convention. In this convention the name Minnesota was selected and the spelling agreed upon, at petition was drawn, memorializing Congress to set up a territorial government, and H.H. Sibley was dispatched to Washington as the delegate of the convention bearing the petition.| HM Number | HM1HOI |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1948 |
| Placed By | Stillwater Territorial Centennial Committee |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, November 6th, 2014 at 9:02pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 515260 N 4989237 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 45.05643333, -92.80618333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 45° 3.386', W 92° 48.371' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 45° 3' 23.16" N, 92° 48' 22.26" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 952, 651, 612 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 102 Main St S, Stillwater MN 55082, US |
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