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Fortress-like hall built in 1885 by Civil War Union Veterans to house a private reading library and museum; one of the finest buildings associated with influential late 19th-century fraternal society Grand Army of the Republic. [8] Now part of the Meeker County Historical Society Museum. [9] 6: Litchfield Commercial Historic District
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Operated by the University of Minnesota, the museum is home to world renowned wildlife dioramas, the first discovery room in North America, and state-of-the-art digital planetarium. The museum opened a new building on the U of M St. Paul Campus in 2018. [37] Beltrami County History Center
After the Civil War, twenty-seven veterans from Minnesota's Meeker County founded a chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, a service organization begun in Illinois in 1866 by Dr. B. F. Stephenson. Meeker County's original organization was called the Edward Branham Post.
Meeker County's terrain consists of low rolling hills, lightly wooded and heavily dotted with lakes and ponds. The available area is devoted to agriculture. [9] The terrain slopes to the south and east, [10] with its highest point just southwest of Lake Hope, 7.9 miles (12.7 km) west-southwest of Litchfield, at 1,261 ft (384 m) ASL. [11]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Meeker County, Minnesota" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Litchfield is in the center of Meeker County. U.S. Highway 12 and Minnesota State Highways 22 and 24 are three of the main routes in the city. US 12 leads east 17 miles (27 km) to Cokato and west 30 miles (48 km) to Willmar ; MN 22 leads north 24 miles (39 km) to Richmond and south-southeast 21 miles (34 km) to Hutchinson , and MN 24 leads ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of sites in Minnesota which are included in the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,700 properties and historic districts listed on the NRHP; each of Minnesota's 87 counties has at least 2 listings. Twenty-two ...