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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRPE_henry-sibley-and-old-mendota_Mendota-MN.html
The Sibley House was built in 1836 for Henry Hastings Sibley, regional manager for the American Fur Company. The first floor was designed for business operations, and the second floor was his bachelor's residence. Two additions were made to the ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRME_sibley-house-historic-site_Mendota-MN.html
Welcome to the Sibley House Historic Site! This area had long been the center of travel and trade for the Dakota when it became the center for American Fur Company operations on the Upper Mississippi. It was also home to Minnesota's first governor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAN_swift-company_South-St-Paul-MN.html
On this site stood Swift & Company's slaughterhouse and meat packing plant. It eventually became the company's largest plant in the United States. The area covered 28 acres, with 30.5 acres of floor space in multi-storied buildings.
Swift & Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3G_mendota-work-camp-no-1_Mendota-Heights-MN.html
The "New Deal"During the Great Depression of the early 1930's, more than 25 percent of the nations' workforce was unemployed. One of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA employed 8.5…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM6_mendota-sibley-house-association_Mendota-MN.html
MendotaThis wide valley intersection between the two rivers known today as the Minnesota and Mississippi has been a meeting place for people for thousands of years.
The Dakota people lived on these prairielands by the 1700s. They knew t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8T_united-states-war-veterans-memorial_Mendota-Heights-MN.html
Dedicatedto the memory of allUnited States War VeteransJune 25, 1939Dedicatory CommitteeUnited Spanish War VeteransVeterans of Foreign WarsAmerican Legion
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP85_st-peters-church_Mendota-Heights-MN.html
Here at Mendota (where the rivers meet) missionaries ministered to both Indians and settlers, enduring the hardships of a sprawling wilderness that was the Minnesota country. In 1842, Father Lucien Galtier built a small, log chapel with only two w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6T_where-the-waters-meet_Mendota-MN.html
Called M'Dote or "the place where waters meet" by the Dakota, this area is central to many Dakota creation stories and is significant to Dakota people today. Just west of this site is Pilot Knob, which was used extensively for burials by the Dakot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5T_faribault-house_Mendota-MN.html
In front of you stands the Faribault House, built by long-time fur trader Jean-Baptiste in 1839. Faribault was originally from the Montreal area, and had been associated with the British and American fur traders since the late 1790s. He built this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP59_the-first-stone-house_Mendota-MN.html
1835 · 1916[symbol of the D.A.R.]The first stone house erected in the Stateof Minnesota by its first Governor,Gen. Henry Hastings Sibley.Secured in 1910 for the St. Paul Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolutionfrom St. Peter's Parish o…