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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19J9_erd-building_New-Ulm-MN.html
Frank Erd and his wife, Louise, came to New Ulm from Cincinnati. Frank, whose father was an architect, erected a substantial store, one of the few brick buildings in the city. The Brown County supervisors kept their offices in Erd's building, guar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IR_brown-county-bank_New-Ulm-MN.html
The Brown County Bank is among the oldest commercial properties within the district. As the local economy recovered from the devastating effects of the Dakota Conflict, the city found itself without a bank following the demise of the First Nationa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IC_crone-store_New-Ulm-MN.html
For years, the Crone store was the largest mercantile establishment in New Ulm. In 1857, Theodore Crone Sr. opened his general store at the corner of Broadway and Center Streets. Twelve years later, he erected this building, adding a substantial t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FC_brown-county_New-Ulm-MN.html
Brown County, an historic gateway on the Minnesota River, opened the fertile prairie lands of the Great Plains to the northern hardwoods of a continental divide. The U.S. Territorial Legislature organized the county in 1856 from lands ceded by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19E7_somsen-hitching-post_New-Ulm-MN.html
The home of Henry N. Somsen, Sr. was once located on this site. Visitors would tie their horses to this hitching post.
Given by Anne & Henry N. Somsen, Jr., generous supporters of the New Ulm Public Library.
October 16, 1985
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1980_hanska_Hanska-MN.html
In 1899, the Iowa and Minnesota Land & Townsite Company circulated a petition to locate a railroad station in Lake Hanska Township. The petition was signed by 77 people and on October 9, 1899 the village of Hanska was platted in section 24 by Harr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM197M_lake-hanska_Hanska-MN.html
The Sioux Indians called this lake "minne hanska," meaning "long water." The basin of the lake was formed 11,000 to 15,000 years ago by the Wisconsin glacier; the original hard clay bottom is now about 50 feet below the present surface of the wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1977_omsrud-thordson-torgrimson-log-cabin_Hanska-MN.html
This log cabin was built about 1857 by the Omsrud/Thordson and Torgrimson families, immigrants from Valdres, Norway. It originally stood on the Thord Omsrud farm on the shores of Omsrud Lake. The cabin was moved to this site in 1986 by the Omsrud-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1968_flandraus-charge_New-Ulm-MN.html
The second battle of New Ulm took place on August 23, 1862. About 650 Dakota Indians surrounded the town, while over 2,000 people were crowded behind a barricade. The attack began around nine in the morning and the Dakota Indians quickly encircled…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195Q_upper-minnesota-river-transportation_New-Ulm-MN.html
The first river steamboat, WEST NEWTON, passed by here in 1853 going upriver with troops to lay out the site of Fort Ridgely. Two days later TIGER and CLARION followed with men and supplies.
For the next twenty years boats brought settlers, so…