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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BJD_the-hinckley-fire_Hinckley-MN.html
THE HINCKLEY FIRE
Between three and five o'clock on the afternoon of September 1, 1894, a raging forest fire driven by strong southwest winds swept over the town of Hinckley, killing 248 residents. The conflagration burned over 480 square miles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKA_pine-city_Pine-City-MN.html
Plotted in 1869, was named from the Chippewa word "Chengwatana" City of Pines. It was a rough lumberjack town in the early days. From here, logs were floated down the Snake River into the St. Croix River to Stillwater. A rich deposit of copper was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8A4_sandstone-area-veterans-memorial_Sandstone-MN.html
In honor and in memory of all men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZE_christopher-c-andrews-conservation-pioneer_Sturgeon-Lake-MN.html
In the 1880's, when General Christopher C. Andrews began urging the state to consider the future of its forested lands, most Minnesotans could not believe that there might ever be a shortage of timber. But by the time of his death in 1922 the vast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UI_lumbering-in-minnesota_Finlayson-MN.html
Lumbering first arrived in this area in the 1830s, logging the white and red pine stands along the St. Croix River. Sawmills were few and much of the pine lumber was floated down the St. Croix to the Mississippi River and on to other states. Loggi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17T_the-great-hinckley-fire_Hinckley-MN.html
This Monument is erected by The State of Minnesota under an Act of the Legislature Approved April 7th, A. D. 1899 To the Memory of Four Hundred and Eighteen Men Women and Children who perished in the Great Hinckley Forest Fire of September First A…