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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2818_in-1939-this-was-more-than-just-a-park_Saint-Louis-Park-MN.html
Highway 100 was a SLEEK NEW ROAD KNOWN AS 'LILAC WAY.' On sunny spring afternoons, families from Minneapolis piled into their Ford with a picnic lunch. The kids chattered excitedly as the car passed RURAL AREAS WITH OPEN LAND AND BLUE SKY. Pas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27V6_phipps-grill-families_Eden-Prairie-MN.html
Edwin and Harriet Phipps owned the farm from 1906 to 1934. Their son-in-law and daughter Martin and Mildred Grill owned it from 1934 until 1976. The Phipps raised grain, vegetables, and flowers, but were especially known for asparagus. Edwin ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UF_missionaries-to-the-dakota_Minneapolis-MN.html
Listed below are some of the most prominent missionaries to the Dakota Indians. These missionaries were sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, a joint venture of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches of Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UB_pond-family-heritage-timeline_Minneapolis-MN.html
Samuel Pond (1808-1891) and Gideon Pond (1810-1878) were born into a mostly rural United States comprised of 17 states with a population of slightly over 7 million. These brothers from Connecticut were two of the most influential persons interacti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UA_1856-federal-style-gideon-h-pond-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration funded through a $270,000 grant appropriated by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. A project of the Minnesota State Historical Society and the City of Bloomington. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U9_gideon-and-agnes-pond-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Welcome to the 19th century dwelling of Gideon and Agnes Hopkins Pond, missionaries to the Dakota Indians, farmers, and ministers to the community of Bloomington, Minnesota, during the mid- to late-1800s. Following a move from the Lake Calhoun …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O9_changing-landscapes_Minneapolis-MN.html
You are entering a river bluff environment that has been greatly altered over the last two centuries. The bluff top area was formerly oak savannah with prairie and woodland elements. Natural springs and shallow flood plain lakes in the river botto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O8_minnesota-river-valley_Bloomington-MN.html
Look over the tree-framed bluff across 12,000 years of human history where native peoples and Euro-American settlers made their home in the river valley. There are many cultural differences between you, the modern-day visitor, and the native peopl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O4_oak-grove-mission_Minneapolis-MN.html
After several years at Lake Calhoun and a series of battles with the Ojibwe (Anishinabe), Chief Cloud Man (Marpiyawicasta) moved to the banks of the Minnesota River. In 1843 Gideon and Samuel Pond followed Cloud Man to this river bluff location. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O1_pond-dakota-mission-park_Bloomington-MN.html
Welcome to Pond Dakota Mission Park, the site of the historic Oak Grove Mission and the 1856 Gideon and Agnes Pond House. The Ponds served as missionaries to the Dakota Indians and as farmers and ministers to the community of Bloomington, Minnesot…
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