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Stillwater was officially incorporated as a city on March 4, 1854 (the same day as St. 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.
Occupying a former U.F.E. Inc. manufacturing building at 1862 S. Greeley Street, the expansive space allows the WCHS to showcase the county's diverse history through interactive exhibits. The Heritage Center explores both the history of Stillwater and the broader story of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley. [5]
The Minnesota Territorial Prison, later the Minnesota State Prison, was a prison in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, in operation from 1853 to 1914. Construction of the prison began in 1851, shortly after Minnesota became a territory. [2] The prison was replaced by the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater in nearby Bayport.
The St. Croix Boom Site is a historic and scenic wayside on the St. Croix River in Stillwater Township, Minnesota, United States.It commemorates the location of a critical log boom where, from 1856 to 1914, timber from upriver was sorted and stored before being dispatched to sawmills downstream.
The Warden's House Museum is a historic house museum in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States.From 1853 to 1914 it was the official residence for the wardens of what began as the Minnesota Territorial Prison and became the Minnesota State Prison upon statehood in 1858.
Stillwater Township: Site of Minnesota's earliest, longest-serving, and most important log boom, where lumber was stored and sorted 1856–1914 at the terminus of the St. Croix River's great log drives. [44] Now a highway wayside. 31: St. Croix Lumber Mills-Stillwater Manufacturing Company: St. Croix Lumber Mills-Stillwater Manufacturing Company
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.
Ivory McKusick. The Ivory McKusick House is a historic house in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, completed in 1872 for Ivory McKusick (1827–1906).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. [3]