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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V9_oliver-mining-co-headquarters-oliver-shop-laboratory_Hibbing-MN.html
Oliver Mining Co. Headquarters This building was the heart of the Oliver operation, the largest iron ore mining operation in United States history. The Superintendent of Mines and his staff made the day-to-day mining decisions here, and they were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UR_geology-of-duluth-harbor_Duluth-MN.html
Lake Superior is situated over the Midcontinent Rift, which is a rupture in the North American continent that formed a great rift valley from the Lake Superior region southwest to Kansas about 1.1 billion years ago. For about 20 million years as t…
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/HM2QQ_rices-point_Duluth-MN.html
RICE'S POINT
Rice's Point separates Duluth-Superior's outer from it's inner harbor, and is a focal point of Duluth's industrial activity. Many of the city's bridges can be seen, among them the Aerial Lift Bridge to the left, the John A. Blatnik…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QE_minnesotas-arrowhead-region-a-tourist-mecca_Harris-MN.html
"The North Country is a siren Who can resist her song of intricate and rich counterpoint?" (Grace Lee Nute, The Voyageur's Highway, 1941)
Lured by America's premier wilderness canoe region, Lake Superior's rugged shoreline and cascading stream…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2P4_samuel-w-and-gideon-h-pond_Minneapolis-MN.html
1834 - 1934 To honor Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Volunteer missionaries to the Dakotas who arrived at Ft. Snelling May 6, 1834.
This tablet is placed on the house built in 1856 by Gideon H. Pond. Near-by is the site of the old mission h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2NG_duluth-superior-harbor_Duluth-MN.html
DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR
Duluth-Superior harbor is the westernmost terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the world's most inland seaport. Harbor commerce began when Daniel Greysolon Sieur Du Luht portaged across Minnesota Point in 1679 where th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2N3_enger-observation-tower_Duluth-MN.html
To the memory ofBert J. Enger1864 - 1931Native of NorwayCitizen of Duluth From Common Laborer to Merchant Prince, he demonstrated in his own life that America is a land of opportunity for the immigrant, and that her civilization is enriched by h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LR_the-gate_Duluth-MN.html
1976Stainless Steel
David von Schlegell (1920 - 1992)
The stainless steel sculpture functions as a metaphor, tying the horizontal lines of the land and Lake Superior, which are both very visible from this location, together at the point of i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V4_westminster-presbyterian-church_Minneapolis-MN.html
The former site of WestminsterPresbyterian Church Dedicated March 11, 1883Destroyed by fire September 6, 1895.