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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFH_iberia_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
In 1866 the budding village of Iberia had a log school house, four frame buildings and a cemetery. The settlement is the center of Stark Township, organized in 1866.
Iberia crossroads was named for a community in Ohio because many of the first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CIM_golden-gate-mill-stones_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
The mill, built in 1867 by John Heimerdinger, was down 1/4 mile from Golden Gate on the Ruhe-Heim Creek. It was powered by a pond kept full by many wells, dug by hand. Wheat was ground by stones into flour and feed.
The grinding stones were don…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CH3_golden-gate_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
??? The village of Golden Gate occupied this area for some years. The town took its name from the U.S. Post Office established in 1868 with Ebenezer Fuller in charge.
??? Construction of a water-powered grist mill on Spring Creek in 1869 by Joh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACP_leavenworth_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
In 1857, settlers platted a townsite in Section 14 of the Leavenworth area. During the next year, Dr. J. B. Calkins established the post office and became its first postmaster. Leavenworth Township was legally organized on April 16, 1859. Seven of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABK_dakota-reservation-and-the-leavenworth-road_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
In the summer of 1851 the Dakota Indians, a group of Native Americans who lived in Southern Minnesota, sold their land, 35 million acres, to the United States for $3,000,000. The Dakota agreed to move to a reservation which included land ten miles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A88_veterans-memorial_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
In honor of theBrave Service Men & Womenwho have defended andcontinue to defend theUnited States of America.
Sons of John & Mary BroichChris USNR, Art USNR, Walter USAF, Joseph USNRFrancis USNR, James USN, Alfred US ARMY, John Jr. USNRDonated B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4B_jackson-crossing_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
About 5 blocks north of this marker was the location of a very important river crossing for the early settlers of this area, going from the "Shetek Trail" on the south to "Old Leavenworth" and New Ulm on the north side of the Cottonwood River. It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2Y_chief-sleepy-eyes_Sleepy-Eye-MN.html
[seal of the Minnesota Historical Society]
CHIEF SLEEPY EYES
(Ish-tak-ha-ba)
Sleepy Eyes, or Drooping Eyelids, was born about 1780 in a Sisseton Sioux Indian village at Swan Lake in Nicollet County. The Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioned him…