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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZO_marine_Marine-on-St-Croix-MN.html
The first commercial sawmill in Minnesota was erected 300 feet east of here in 1838. The lumbering industry, which monopolized the minds and talents of men in the St. Croix Valley for three-quarters of a century, was born with the erection of this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZ2_marine_Marine-on-St-Croix-MN.html
In 1857 these millstones were installed at Marine in one of the early flour and grist mills of Minnesota Territory. Water from a stream south of this site was conveyed by a race or flume to furnish power for the overshot mill wheel. Later, rollers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECK_bolles-flour-mill_Afton-MN.html
About 1843, six years before Minnesota became a territory, Lemuel Bolles erected on this creek the first commercial flour mill in the Minnesota country. Bolles salvaged wood from the shore of Lake St. Croix and carried it on his back to the mill s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJ5_lake-st-croix_Oak-Park-Heights-MN.html
Waters from merging glaciers several thousand years' ago carved deep valleys for the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. Deprived of the glacial waters the rivers were so reduced in volume and carrying power that they were unable to maintain clear c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZF_ribbons-of-steel_Forest-Lake-MN.html
Railroads were charted in Minnesota as early as 1853, but it was not until 1862 that Minnesota's first railroad began to operate on ten miles of track connecting St. Paul with St. Anthony (now part of Minneapolis). In 1870, the Northern Pacific Ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FS_the-st-croix-river-valley-welcome-to-minnesota_Stillwater-MN.html
The St. Croix River Valley Forming a long stretch of the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the St. Croix is one of America's most scenic Wild Rivers. Its valley is sometimes referred to as the "New England of the West." Along with the Bru…
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