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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.
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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O0_dakota-missions-on-the-frontier_Minneapolis-MN.html
In the 1830s and 1840s Christian Missionaries came into Indian Country, which included Bloomington, with the purpose of converting Dakota Indians to Christian beliefs and white person's ways. This included farming, owning property, receiving a for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27LJ_dakota-life_Bloomington-MN.html
Many Dakotas consider the Minnesota River Valley to be their spiritual home. The Dakota Indians were the last group of native peoples to live in the valley near this site. Starting in the mid-1600s, they migrated here in successive waves from the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2735_wasioja-recruiting-station_Dodge-Center-MN.html
When the Civil War began in 1861, Minnesota was the first state to offer and send troops to aid the Union cause. In April 1861, this building was converted to use as a recruiting station. Recruits from the Wasioja station, numbering over 200, form…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2734_plowville_Dodge-Center-MN.html
The First National Soil Conservation District Field Day and Plow Matches were held here on September 6, 1952. Over 125,000 spectators saw demonstrations of new methods and new techniques for soil conservation during the event. The presidential can…