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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299G_norseland-community_Saint-Peter-MN.html
In 1854 the first settlers from Norway and Sweden arrived in the area. By 1858, the village of Norseland had formed, with the Norwegians gathering for church east of town and the Swedes to the west. That year, the Burke brothers opened a general s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299A_district-6-school_Saint-Peter-MN.html
This 1.1 acre site represents the history of public education in rural United States. It was one of 68 rural school districts organized in Nicollet County. The first school building on this site was built in the early 1860's. The present building,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGX_bernadotte-lutheran-church-monument_Lafayette-MN.html
This Monument
Erected by the Bernadotte Lutheran Church in memory of pioneers who settled here by and before 1870, and who organized and became members of same. Church was organized May 4, 1866.
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The first resident pastor Rev.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IFP_bernadotte-lutheran-church_Lafayette-MN.html
Organized 4 May 1866 at Magnus Peterson home, Pastor John Pehrson, by Swedish settlers, 21 charter families, 104 families by 1870. Commemorated on native stone, set in 1937.
First worship in homes, in school-house No. 26; first church built by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I46_welcome-to-traverse-des-sioux_St.-Peter-MN.html
On July 23, 1851, a treaty was signed here that transferred millions of acres of Dakota land to the U.S. government. The treaty also resulted in the Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota bands' movement to reservation lands along the Minnesota River.
Oi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HYO_nicollet-veterans-memorial_Nicollet-MN.html
1917 · Honor Roll · 1918
U.S. American Legion
Our Men Who Have Enlisted
Boys Clarence-Infantry ·
Bresnahan Mike-2nd M.G. ·
★ Bean Kenneth-Aviation ·
Bratsch August-Infantry ·
Currie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HN5_scandian-grove-evangelical-lutheran-church_St.-Peter-MN.html
In this house, built by Andrew Thorson
in 1855 the early settlers met often
for worship, and the Scandian Grove
Evangelical Lutheran Church was
organized on June 13, 1858.
Dedicated to
The Memory of the Pioneers
1953
In Honored Memory o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HDX_archaeology_Saint-Peter-MN.html
Archaeology is the recovery and study of material evidence, such as remainders of pottery, to help us learn about people and places of the past.
In 1994 the Minnesota Historical Society conducted a survey to map and excavate the archaeological re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HCG_ministering-to-the-dakota_St.-Peter-MN.html
The Reverend Stephen Riggs and his wife, Mary, arrived at Traverse des Sioux in 1843 to establish a Protestant mission for the Dakota.
He and other missionaries believed they had a duty to convert Indians to Christianity. Their efforts alienated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H7T_land-seas_St.-Peter-MN.html
Imagine standing in this spot 150 years ago.
It would have looked very different than it does today. To the west (your left) was a rolling prairie — vast, nearly treeless grasslands. In the summer the prairie would be ablaze with colorful f…