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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2620_wasiojas-seminary_Dodge-Center-MN.html
The role of buildings in the development of a community and their significance in history is amply pointed out by the history of this structure. Anxious to promote the growth of the newly formed town, the citizens agreed to provide the Free Will B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25EM_millville-minnesota_Millville-MN.html
Founded 1870 by Charles R. Read Born March 10, 1820, Somerset Shier, England. Died October 9, 1899 at Millville, buried at Wabasha, Minnesota. Centennial was observed August 15-16, 1970.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211N_fourth-marine-division-memorial-a-war-memorial_Minneapolis-MN.html
In memoriam to the 3298 men of the Fourth Marine Division of WW II who fell in battle, the 14424 wounded in action and those of us who have joined them. Semper Fidels Roi Namur Marshall Is. 2-1-1944; Saipan Marianas Is. 6-15-1944; Iwo Jima Volc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211C_four-marine-raider-battalions-memorial-a-war-memorial_Minneapolis-MN.html
February 16th 1942 Midway, Tulagi, Makin; February 1st 1944 Russell Islands, New Georgia, Bouganville. Guadacanal-In Memory and Honor of the 8,078 men of the four Marine Raider battalions who fought in World War II, 892 of whom died in battle, 242…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210F_hanka-homestead_Embarrass-MN.html
Times were tough in the life of an immigrant farmer in northeastern Minnesota. Subsistence farming was a way of life that had gone on for centuries in Finland. Immigrants knew what was needed to survive in the harsh climate of the area. All family…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XG_embarrass-co-op_Embarrass-MN.html
The Embarrass Cooperative Association was formed in 1909 by a small group of residents in response to economic insecurity and low prices for their produce. It sold food, supplies, clothing, hardware, and even forest and farm products on behalf of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XF_alma-norha-playhouse_Embarrass-MN.html
This log playhouse was constructed about 1902 by Juha Tupanen Norha for nine year old Alma. Alma, her mother, Maria, and her grandmother, Elizabeth, arrived in Embarrass from Finland in 1901 to join her father, Samuel, at his homestead cabin. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20V5_apostolic-lutheran-church_Embarrass-MN.html
Woodsmen and railroaders comprised the sparse population of the Embarrass area until the late 1800s, when a permanent community was established by Finnish immigrants. In 1905, Embarrass Township was incorporated, and the Finnish settlers began to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TH_tower-train-museum_Tower-MN.html
When iron ore was discovered on the Vermilion Range, Charlemagne Tower, Sr., George Stone, Charlemagne Tower, Jr., and George Stuntz formed the Minnesota Iron Company and acquired the Duluth and Iron Range Railway (D&IR). In 1883, they constructed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TG_welcome-to-dm-ir-engine-1218_Tower-MN.html
This steam locomotive was one of 12, received from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1910, used by the Duluth, and Iron Range Railway (as number 218) and later by the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (as number 1218) to haul righ iron ore from…
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