For more than 125 years Minnesotans have been marking the places where significant Historic events occurred.
This handy and informative Guide is the perfect traveling companion for your next road trip..
For the traveler\'s ease of use, the entries are grouped by region and by county and many photographs convey a sense of the History to be found at these places.
Each entry includes the location of the marker or monument Along the state\'s highways and county roads.
Others, more recent, enhance the interstate highways with brief, informative histories of Red River trails, immigrant communities, and important industries.
Some have stood for over a century, marking the Sites of the Dakota War of 1862.
The Markers honor fur traders and settlers, explorers and miners, Civil War soldiers and entrepreneurs; they explain waterfalls and sand plains and glacial potholes.
This travel Guide presents the locations and texts of 254 Historic markers, 60 geologic markers, and 29 Historic monuments in all corners of the state.
For more than 125 years Minnesotans have been marking the places where significant Historic events occurred