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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGT_why-settle-here-time-to-play_Anoka-MN.html
Why Settle Here? Looking for Work Timber was a resource that drew many west and in 1847, surveyor Daniel Stanchfield noted, "Seventy mills in seventy years couldn't exhaust the white pine I have seen on the Rum River". The rivers provided transpor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGK_firemans-grove_Anoka-MN.html
Fireman's Grove is located here in the area just above the confluence of the Rum River. It was named for the firemen who pastured their horses at The Point. Fireman's Grove became a favorite gathering place for townspeople and visitors who enjoyed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CG0_perseverance-needed_Anoka-MN.html
Struggles and hardship are expected in building a community, but Anoka may have had more than its share of disasters. Through each trial, the community rebounded and Anoka continues to be a vital, dynamic community.
Anoka County was organized i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFL_logbooms-meet-sawmills_Anoka-MN.html
The white pine forests fell to the logger's ax in the northern Rum River pineries, "Seventy mills in seventy years could not exhaust the white pine I have seen on the Rum River" predicted Daniel Stanchfield, a lumber-wise timber cruiser trained on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CF6_where-cultures-meet_Anoka-MN.html
Native peoples and traders met at a trading post constructed across the Rum River from The Point in 1844 by Joseph Bellanger. The Ojibwa brought furs and skins to trade for copper cooking pots, cloth, blankets, decorative beads and iron tools.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CF2_rev-william-henry-judge-s-j_Dawson-YT.html
Credited with saving many lives, Father Judge was one of the true heroes of the Klondike, serving the area from May 1897 until his death January 16, 1899. In this short period he built St. Mary's Hospital, a church and residences, doing much of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CF1_magazine-gate_Londonderry-MN.html
Magazine Gate is the city's newest gate, built in 1865. At the same time the wall between Magazine and Shipquay Gates was raised by two metres and ornamental battlements added. A line of stonework on the outside shows the height of the original wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CF0_river-highways_Anoka-MN.html
The Rum and the Mississippi were river highways for the Dakota, the Ojibwa, European explorers, traders and settlers.
Between 1850 and 1870 the Rum and the Mississippi became "working rivers" for lumbermen. In the fall loggers traveled upstream…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CEU_where-land-and-water-meet_Anoka-MN.html
The Mississippi River forms a unique and complex ecosystem spanning 2000 miles. From its origin at Lake Itasca in Northern Minnesota to its outlet in the Gulf of Mexico the river encompasses a diversity of life found only in a very few places on e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CEL_circle-of-life_Anoka-MN.html
The Dakota and Ojibwa people believed that the confluence of two great rivers was a sacred place.
The Point was used as an encampment and gathering place for several tribes. It was also a meeting place to form hunting parties going north into t…