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Minnesota bonding bill includes millions for Scandia heritage center and Gateway Trail
Funding will support restoration of historic water tower barn and development of new recreational facilities.
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Listen: Podcast about historic St. Croix-Lake Superior trail
From Native American footpath to busy stagecoach road, ‘Grand Footpath’ connected people and places.
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Potatoes & Pines: Immigrant along Namekagon changed Wisconsin farming
Today, the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest is a living monument to conservation.
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Historic headwaters house connected Indigenous and European people
Ojibwe-French-English couple Antoine and Sarah Gordon lived at intersection of old travel routes and changing cultures.
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Barrens Bandits, Part 2: Flight from justice and a fight for freedom
The bandits flee the posse after their bold bank robbery, and two other men are charged with crimes they didn’t commit.
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Barrens Bandits, Part 1: Brazen 1921 bank robbery set off massive manhunt
St. Paul gangsters on an interstate crime spree were chased up, down, and across the river.
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Flour power: Milling magnate’s stately St. Croix River lodge celebrates centennial
Historic hunting and fishing retreat was built by Minneapolis grain baron Benjamin Sheffield.
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Watch: Presentation about history of Silverbrook and the St. Croix Valley Country Club
Learn more about the lost history of site in what’s now Wisconsin’s Interstate State Park in.
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Saving and sharing: Speech in 1997 summed up the state of St. Croix River stewardship
Professor and St. Croix River resident gave remarks on the 25th anniversary of conservation legislation.
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Fifty miles, fifty years: St. Croix River conservation leaders reflect on five decades since lower river protected
Anniversary event featured panelists with many memories of efforts to preserve the river in its natural state.
