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The Stillwater Overlook is a scenic overlook in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, United States, just south of the city limits of Stillwater, near the junction of Minnesota State Highway 36 and Minnesota State Highway 95.
Stillwater was officially incorporated as a city on March 4, 1854 (the same day as Saint Paul). [citation needed] Stillwater is often called the "birthplace of Minnesota". [5] In 1848, a territorial convention that began the process of establishing Minnesota as a state was held in Stillwater, at the corner of Myrtle and Main streets.
John Edward Mower (1815–1879), member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in the 1850s 40,058: 711.50 sq mi (1,843 km 2) Murray County: 101: Slayton: 1857: Brown County: William Pitt Murray (1825–1910), Minnesota statesman and member of the territorial legislature (1852–1855) and 1857: 8,049: 704.43 sq mi (1,824 km 2) Nicollet County ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.03 square miles (7.85 km 2); 2.98 square miles (7.72 km 2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km 2) is water. [8] Oak Park Heights is located adjacent to the city of Stillwater. Minnesota State Highways 5, 36 and 95 are three of the main routes in the community.
Withrow is located 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of White Bear Lake and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) northwest of Stillwater, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Minnesota State Highway 96 and 5.2 miles (8.4 km) east of U.S. Highway 61. [5] The last year Withrow appeared on the Official Minnesota State Highway Map was 2012. [127]
Soon he was part-owner of the St. Croix Log Boom and managing the local interests of Minnesota's leading lumber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser. [4] Sauntry married Eunice Tozer, the daughter of a business partner, in 1881—around the same time he commissioned a house in Stillwater's North Hill neighborhood.
The Soo Line High Bridge, also known as the Arcola High Bridge, is a steel deck arch bridge over the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota and Somerset, Wisconsin, United States. It was designed by structural engineer C.A.P. Turner and built by the American Bridge Company from 1910 to 1911.
The Stillwater Commercial Historic District encompasses 11 downtown blocks in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States. It comprises 63 contributing properties built from the 1860s to 1940. [ 2 ] It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and ...