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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DR_old-government-road_Ogema-MN.html
This marker locates a part of the original trail which was cut out of the forest by the U.S. Army in 1868 to facilitate travel from Leech Lake to White Earth. Soldiers accompanied the paymasters along this road in the early days to provide protect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AQ_warroad_Warroad-MN.html
The name Warroad bespeaks the Indian heritage of this town, once one of the largest Chippewa villages on Lake of the Woods. The Chippewa fought a long and fierce war against the Sioux for the lake's rice fields. Occupying the prairies of the Red R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59N_fort-st-charles_Warroad-MN.html
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Verendrye, established Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods in 1732. A daring soldier, fir trader, and explorer, La Verendrye had the ambitious dream of finding the fabled "Western Sea" and sought to estab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59F_route-of-the-voyageurs_International-Falls-MN.html
From the late 1600s to about 1820 the chain of waterways of which Minnesota's border lakes form a segment was the thoroughfare of a vast fur trading empire. As its longest, this water route stretched from Montreal to Lake Athabasca, and over it a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM507_marion-1150-dragline-bucket_Hibbing-MN.html
In the 1950's the Pierce, South Agnew and Morton mines utilized a Marion 1150 Dragline to strip off the glacial till from above the iron ore body. This stripping bucket was on that Hanna Mining Company dragline. Several of the mining companies too…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4GK_mining-haul-truck-engine-module_Hibbing-MN.html
Power Module Assembly ? Replacement Cost $372,000 Application: Komatsu 830E 240 Ton Electric Drive Haul Truck Detroit Diesel Corporation 149 Series Engine 16 Cylinder, 2400 Cu. In., 2 Cycle Diesel Engine, 2200 Hp @ 1900 RPM Fuel Consum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DI_sinclair-lewis-boyhood-home_Sauk-Centre-MN.html
has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric Landmark under the provisions of theHistorical Sites Act of August 21st 1935.This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating and illustratingthe history of United States. U.S. Department…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DE_f-scott-fitzgerald-house_St-Paul-MN.html
has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric Landmark under the provisions of theHistorical Sites Act of August 21st 1935.This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating and illustratingthe history of United States. U.S. Department…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BY_170-240-ton-production-trucks_Hibbing-MN.html
The giant 170 ton production truck in front of you was donated by Hibbing Taconite in 1998. It was originally purchased in 1975 at a price of $451,900 and operated for a total of 110,000 hours or an equivalent of 12.5 continuous years. During the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4AV_lauras-dugout-home-on-the-banks-of-plum-creek_Walnut-Grove-MN.html
The Charles Ingalls Family's dugout home was located here in the 1870's. This depression is all that remains since the roof caved in years ago. The prairie grasses and flowers here grow much as they did in Laura's time, and the spring still flows …