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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGL6_mt-la-grange-barn-bluff_Red-Wing-MN.html
This bold bluff was a landmark for French explorers who named it Mt. La Grange for its resemblance to a large barn.
Some 10,000 years ago meltwater from the glaciers carved a deep channel in this area. Barn Bluff became an island in the five-m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJ4_kiwanis-stairway_Red-Wing-MN.html
Citizens of Red Wing have long sought convenient access to the summit of Mt. La Grange (Barn Bluff) to enjoy the impressive view of the Mississippi valley.
In 1889 local civic leader C.C. Webster promoted the construction of a path up the west …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGH9_barn-bluff_Red-Wing-MN.html
"The most beautiful prospect that imagination can form," wrote 18th century explorer Jonathan Carver about the view from Barn Bluff. "Verdant plains, fruitful meadows, and numerous islands abound with the most varied trees.... But above all, reach…