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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GDA_u-s-military-post_New-London-MN.html
A Response To Conflict
In 1865, a military post was established here in response to the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. During the conflict, twenty-five settlers and an unknown number of Dakota were killed in what is now Kandiyohi County. A chain …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GBD_old-log-church_Pennock-MN.html
Following the Civil War, immigrants flowed into the Norway Lake area with the majority from Norway and Sweden. On October 10, 1868, Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway Lake incorporated and built a log cabin worship facility at this si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GA8_john-other-day-camp_Lake-Lillian-MN.html
John Other Day, a Dakota who disagreed with the decision to go to war with the Whites, led a party of sixty-two white men, women and children out of danger when the Dakota attacked the Upper Sioux Agency near Granite Falls. The party left the Agen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3O_veterans-war-memorial_Willmar-MN.html
Sponsored and Erected
By Austin F. Hanscom Post 167
The American Legion
Willmar, Minnesota
In grateful remembrance of those who have died serving our country in war, and in honor of all others who have served in our armed forces. May their exampl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G2D_great-northern-railway-engine-no-2523_Willmar-MN.html
???? This mountain type locomotive survivor of the steam engines acquired by the Great Northern Railway to speed up main-line passenger service was placed on permanent exhibition here on October 17, 1965.
???? A powerful and speedy locomotive of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYZ_kandiyohi-county-indian-history_Willmar-MN.html
???The first native Americans came to what is now Kandiyohi County about 10,000 years ago, to hunt mammoths and other huge prehistoric animals.
???As the environment changed over the years, so did the Indians. They became less dependent on big-g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXT_kandiyohi_Willmar-MN.html
???This Indian image first became part of Willmar in 1915, when it appeared as the Kandiyohi County Bank symbol. That same year, artist Eben E. Lawson, commissioned by the bank, created "Kandiyohi," a smaller sculpture which was the basis for thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FOH_geology-of-the-willmar-region_Willmar-MN.html
The agricultural land of the Willmar region has a history that dates back 60 million years, when an inland sea covered the Great Plains from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. As the adjacent land eroded and life in the sea flourish…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLY_isle-of-refuge_New-London-MN.html
During the Dakota Conflict of 1862, there were no casualties among the Norway Lake community settlers, although several from the nearby West Lake community were killed. On August 20, survivors from West Lake and other settlers from the Nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FJP_guri-endresen-rosseland_Willmar-MN.html
This monument has been placed to honor Guri Endresen-Rosseland and other early settlers of the Solomon Lake community. The settlers were predominately immigrants from Hardanger, Norway. Among the special characteristics of these pioneers were the…