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In 1879 St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill opened his "Manitoba line" to the Canadian border, linking the wheat fields of the Red River Valley with the flour mills of Minneapolis. To improve railroad access at the falls he built this 2,100-fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV1_father-hennepin-bluffs_Minneapolis-MN.html
This was the site from which Father Louis Hennepin, the Franciscan Priest, first viewed the Falls of St. Anthony in June of 1680. He named the falls after his patron saint St. Anthony of Padua.
The famous waterfall was responsible for the birth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBA5_john-harrington-stevens-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Built in 1850, this was the first house on the west bank of the Mississippi, located at Saint Anthony Falls near the present-day Minneapolis Post Office.
John H. Stevens received permission to occupy the site, a part of the Fort Snelling milit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBA0_the-prairie_Minneapolis-MN.html
A Sea of Grass
In its early days Fort Snelling was surrounded by a sea of head-high grass. The vast Minnesota prairie was broken only by small groves of trees—willows, cottonwoods, and oaks that grew near creeks, lakes, and marshes.
Ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9M_colonel-josiah-snelling_Minneapolis-MN.html
An Appreciation He served with distinction in the Indian wars of the old northwest border and in the War of 1812. In August, 1820, he assumed command of the Fifth United States Infantry at Camp Coldwater on the site of Fort Snelling. Selecting the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9L_giacomo-constantino-beltrami_Minneapolis-MN.html
From this point, Beltrami, Italian jurist, scholar and explorer, on July 7, 1823, started his journey into the wilderness of northern Minnesota resulting in his discovery of the source of the Mississippi River August 19, 1823. Through persistence,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9K_whiskey_Minneapolis-MN.html
A Great Horse A Stout Heart 1911 - 1943
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9I_gunnar-wennerberg_Minneapolis-MN.html
[In Swedish and English, English version follows]:Oh God, who rulest fate of nations,Almighty thou in every land; Who holdest life and death's privations. Within the hollow of thy hand, Whatever punishment thou wieldest For Svea's sin of yore ?gai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9H_col-john-h-stevens_Minneapolis-MN.html
Born June .13. 1820 Died May .28. 1900 First settler in the City of Minneapolis.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9G_minnehaha-depot_Minneapolis-MN.html
Milwaukee Road station agents affectionately referred to the quaint little Minnehaha Depot as "the Princess." Its delicate gingerbread architecture is reminiscent of the Victorian era when ladies in bustles and gentlemen in high collars traveled l…