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Mounds
County Rd 4
Spicer, Minnesota 56288
Burial mound complex from the Woodland period, between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1650. Permanent Marker
Where: 4 miles east of Spicer on County Road 10 (105 Ave NE), then 2.5 miles North of County Road 4. Permanent Marker.
Missionary
Spicer, Minnesota 56288
Father Guignas, a missionary at the state's first permanent white settlement at Fort Snelling, reportedly visited Indians at this village site.
Where: North shore of Green Lake. 2.5 miles east of Hwy 23 on County Road 30.
Camp Site
12381 North Shore Drive
Spicer, Minnesota 56288
Camp Site for Dakota and earlier Indian groups.
Where: Park 5 on northeast shore of Green Lake. Permanent marker.
Waconda
County Road 3
Location of a number of burial mounds. In the Dakota language, the word "Waconda" refers to the palce where the Spirit dwells. Although some later maps call this lake "Wagonga" (Grass Lake) early settlers and maps referred to it as Waconda.
Where: 5 miles south of Hey 12 on County Road 4 and County Road 20 (90th Ave Se)
Indian Dance
Junction of County Road 9 and County Road 10
Camp ground for Indian Hunting parties. Early settlers reported seeing a group of Dakota dancing here, after a victory over an enemy tribe.
Where: West of George Lake at the junction of County Roads 9 and 10
Little Crow
spicer, Minnesota 56288
An early settler reported that he had a conversation with Dakota Chief Little Crow when the chief camped at this site.
Where: 2 miles north of Spicer on Hwy 23, then 1/2 miles east on County Road 30 (North Shore Drive. Permanent marker
Battle of the Broom
Site of skirmish between Dakota and Ojibway hunters, about 1860. Call the Battle of the Broom becasue a white settler threatened the Dakota with her broom.
Where: 1/4 mile northeast of Hawick on Hwy 23, then 2 miles south on County road 143
Columbia
Spicer, Minnesota 56288
Established in 1856 by E.T. Woodcock. Later become the present city of Spicer.
Where: Spicer city park, southwest shore of Green Lake. Permanent marker.
Woodcock Home
Spicer, Minnesota 56288
First home in the county occupied by Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Woodcock.
Where: Northern section of City of Spicer, Lake Avenue
Irving
Site of claim staked by land speculators in 1855. A hotel on the site was burned during the Dakota Conflict. "Buttertown" halet in later years.
Where: 4 miles east of Spicer on county Road 10 (105th Avenue NE) then 1.5 miles north on County Road 4.
Whitefield
Location of a townsite platted by land promoter and artist Edwin Whitefield in 1856.
Where: South out of Willmar on Hwy 71, then 1/4 miles east on 60th Avenue S.
Capitol Hill-Kandiyohi Townsite
Kandiyohi Townsite was platted in 1856, and this land was later selected by the Capitol Commission as a site for the State Capitol. Lucy Lobdell, disguised as a man, spend the winter guarding claim.
Where: 4 miles south of Hwy 12 on County Road 134 (120th St. SE)
Fullerville
First business firm in Kandiyohi County, a sawmill owned by Randall Fuller. Moved to Sauk Rapids in 1861.
Where: North of Willmar on Business Hwy 71-23 service road, west side of Eagle Lake
Gates Homestead
The Joshua and Luncinda Gates family settled here in 1857. he was one of the first farmers and teachers in the county.
Where: 1/2 mile north on Diamond Lake County Park 3, on County Road 4
Church
A cabin at this site, converted to a church, housed the county's first congregation. A replica church has been built by the Norway Lake Lutheran Church Historical Association.
Where: North out of Willmar on Hwy 71, then 1/2 mile west on county road. 25 (60th Ave NE), then 1.5 miles north on Long Lake Road.
Shipstead Homestead
Birthplace Henrick Shipstead (1881-1960), U.S Senator from 1923-1947.
Where: 1 mile east of Atwater on Hwy 12, then 1 mile north.
Berger Thorson
Norwegian immigrant bachelor, was the first white settler in what would become the City of Willmar, also the first settler killed in the county during the Dakota Conflict of 1862
Where: North 7th Street
Dakota Conflict
Spicer, Minnesota 56288
Bergeret Haugen and her son Frederick were killed at their cabin here in 1862; her husband Olof was killed about seven miles to the northeast. This is the location of Olof's burial site.
Where: County Rd 9, 1 miles north, 1 mile east and 1 miles north from the junction of Hwy 71 and 23
Dakota Conflict
Burial parties found the body of Johannes Iverson west of here on a hillside; Killed August 2, 1862.
Where: 9 miles north of Hwy 12 on County Road 5, then 1/4 mile west.
Threshing Crew
Nine Settlers were attacked here, while threshing grain, during the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
Where: 3 miles east of Hawick on Hwy 23, then 1/4 mile north
Battle Site
Settlers from Columbia (Now Spicer) fought a running battle with Indians at this site during the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
Where: County Park 3, at Diamond Lake. 1/2 mile north of Diamond Lake County Park 3, on County Road 4.
Refugee Camp
During the Dakota Conflict of 1862, a group of settlers who had fled from their homes at Columbia (Spicer), camped overnight here at "Wheeler's Grove", with their ox cart train.
Where: 1 mile north of Atwater on County Road 2, then 1/2 mile west, and then north 1 1/2 mile.
Dakota Conflict
Andreas Lorentson and Sven Backlund, two members of the group of settlers who had fought a battle with the Indians and camped at Wheeler's Grove, were killed at this site.
Where: 1 mile east of Atwater on Hwy 12, then 1 mile north.
War Camp
A group of about 30 Dakota men camped during the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
Where: 2 miles west of Prinsburg on MN 7, then north 1/4 mile on County Road 7.
Lundborg Cabin
Worship services conducted here were interrupted in August 1862, when young Peter Broberg came to warn the settlers during the Dakota Conflict.
Where: 2 miles South of Sunburg on MN 104 (140th St. NW) on a farm. Permanent Marker
Erickson Cabin
Home os Oscar and Gertrude Erickson; site of battle during Dakota Conflict of 1862.
Where: North out of Willmar on Hwy 71, then West on 41st Avenue NE, then South a short distance on 15th St NE.
Foot Cabin
Home of the first white settlers in Willmar Township, the Foot family after whom Foot Lake was named.
Where: North out of Willmar on Business Hwy 71/23, then West on 26th Avenue NE (Golf Course Road). Permanent Marker
Enderson
Where: West out of Willmar on Hwy 12, then 4 miles north on County Road 5 (30th St. NW) then West on 67th Avenue NW at directional sign, then turn at next directional sign.
Isle of Refuge
During the Dakota conflict of 1862, settlers took refuge on this island in Noway Lake.
Where: 10 miles west of New London on County Rd 40, in Norway Lake Lutheran Churchyard. Permanent Marker.
Robbins Island
Once owned by John S. Robbins merchant. Around 1900, it was the site of an "isolation house" for those with contagious diseases. Now part of the City of Willmar's park system.
Where: Robbins Island Park, Foot Lake, northeast section of Willmar off business Hwy 71/23. Permanent Marker
Robbins Island
Once owned by John S. Robbins merchant. Around 1900, it was the site of an "isolation house" for those with contagious diseases. Now part of the City of Willmar's park system.
Where: Robbins Island Park, Foot Lake, northeast section of Willmar off business Hwy 71/23. Permanent Marker
Other Day
John Other Day, a Dakota, led a group of white settlers to safety here during the Conflict of 1862.
Where: 5 miles South of Hwy 12 on County Road 8.
Military Post
Site of military post staffed from 1865 to 1866, after which a nearby creek was called "Soldier's Creek".
Where: County Park 1 on west shore of Big Kandiyohi Lake
Military Post
Military post maintained on this site form 1862 until 1866, when settlement was forbidden after the dakota Conflict.
Where: 4 miles east of Sunburg on MN 9, then 1 1/4 mile south of County Road 1.
Conflict Aftermath
In 1863, two Indian men, accused of stealing horses, were killed by white soldiers at this site.
Where: County Road 8, 3 miles north of the village of Lake Lillian
Green Lake Village
Site of the county's first gristmill and hydroelectric plant.
Where: North out of Spicer on Hwy 23, then 1/2 mile east on County Road 30 (North Shore Drive) Permanent Marker.
Grasshopper Plague-Willmar Farm
Grasshoppers invaded this county in 1876, while Paul Willmar (song of Leon Willmar, after whom the town was named) farmed here. The farm site later become part of the Willmar Regional Treatment Center.
Where: Business Hwy 71/23 north of Willmar, then 1/4 mile west on 26th Avenue NE (Golf Course Road). Permanent Marker
Blizzard
Twelve people were killed in Kandiyohi County during the "Great Blizzard of 1873". Four men died at this site.
Where: 2 miles north of MN 7 on Hwy 71, then 1/4 mile west on County Road 80 (165th Avenue S)
Washburn Farm
Site of headquarters for a "bonanza farm," owned by W.D. Washburn.
Where: 2 miles north of Prinsburg on County Road 1 (105th Street SW)
Great Train Wreck
13 men were killed and 19 were injured when a construction train overturned on the "s" curve of Summit Lake, one mile east of here, in 1882.
Where: 3 miles west of Atwater on Hwy 12, then 1/2 mile south on County Road 4.
Red River Trail
Before roads and railroads, ox cart trails between rivers were trade and transportation links. A portion of the road along the southwest shore of Diamond Lake was built over one of these trails.
Where: County Road 4, 3 miles north of Hwy 12
Farm Holiday
Birthplace of the National Farmers' Holiday Association, begun when the Farmers Union at Lake Elizabeth organized to stop a foreclosure during the Depression.
Where: 7 miles south of Hwy 12 at intersection of County Road 4 and County Road 20 (90th Avenue SE)
