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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2Y_pioneer-building_St-Paul-MN.html
1889Designed by Chicago architect Solon Spencer Beman and erected by the George J. Grant Construction Company to house Minnesota's first newspaper, the St Paul Pioneer Press, the Pioneer Building was the first 12-story skyscraper in St. Paul and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18TX_the-hamline-plaza_St-Paul-MN.html
Bishop of the Methodist Church in Ohio who donated a substantial portion of his estate in 1854 for the establishment of Hamline University with the following prayer: O Lord, render me cheerful in giving, happy in the hopes of doing good, and sanct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVBA_hydro-electric-turbine_St-Paul-MN.html
Cast Iron · Rotation Speed 100 RPMWeight 15 Tons · 4,500 HorsepowerThis is one of four turbines Ford Motor Company installed 1924 at the hydro electric plant located below this lookout. The turbines were replaced between 1992 and 199…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV2E_de-dakod-makoce-unkitawapi-e-e_St-Paul-MN.html
Tatanka Oyate MakoceLand of the Buffalo People[river valley map]The Minnesota and Mississippi River Valleys have been home to the Dakota for hundreds of years, and the existence of our ancestors was sustained by their relationship with the earth a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSY_lamberts-landing_St-Paul-MN.html
Since the advent of steamboats in 1812, this landing has served as a tie-up location for countless numbers of commercial river vessels, from paddle-wheelers to tugs. From here, thousands of barges can be seen passing by each year, quietly ferrying…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDK_fountain-cave_St-Paul-MN.html
Fountain Cave, a landmark known as early as 1811, was named for the sparkling creek that flowed from its mouth and continued some 375 feet through a ravine to join the Mississippi River about 140 feet downstream from this marker. The cave attracte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCS_rice-park_St-Paul-MN.html
The scene of circuses, celebrations, and concerts, and seven years older than New York's famous Central Park, this land was designated a "public square" in 1849 by John R. Irvine, a territorial pioneer, and Henry M. Rice, territorial delegate and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCR_the-saint-paul-public-library_St-Paul-MN.html
On September 7, 1882, the Saint Paul Common Council passed a resolution "to establish and maintain a free public library and reading room." As a result, Saint Paul's first public library opened on the second floor of Ingersoll Hall, Kellog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCQ_the-james-j-hill-reference-library_St-Paul-MN.html
The Hill Reference Library opened in 1921 as a living gift to the people of Saint Paul from railroad pioneer James J. Hill. By building the Great Northern Railway's transcontinental line to Seattle in 1893, Hill played a central role in the settli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAD_fort-snelling-1861-1946_St-Paul-MN.html
This historical ground was a pivotal place in the development of the Northwest. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Fort Snelling expanded its limestone walls into this area, formerly a part of the U.S. Indian Agency and the location of th…