The Sclater Building

The oldest surviving commercial structure in Old Hampton was built by William S. Sclater following the War Between the States. The lot is part of an original one-half acre on which, by the 1750's, was a large brick house belonging ...

Frank Hibbing

Frank Hibbing was a German immigrant who came to Minnesota from Wisconsin, arriving on the Mesaba Range in 1892. He had heard that iron ore was discovered in Mt. Iron in 1890.

He recognized the possibilities of iron ore further to ...

Catholic Presbyterian Church

One mile south.

Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, active in the area, is credited with unifying and naming them in 1770. The cemetery contains many graves of Revolutionary and Confederate ...

Beauty and Hope

Restoring the Vision...Preserving The Legacy

"This section lying between Sixth Avenue and Eight Avenue will provide the central beautification theme as it will evolve into a beautiful elevated rose garden with 2,000 selected roses planted at vantage points... the color ensemble, ...

Business District

The heart of any city is its business district. In Hibbing, this was on Pine Street and also on Third Avenue.

Many varieties of shops were available to satisfy the community's needs.

People came from the many small locations and other communities ...

Fish Dam Battle Ground

Rotary International

To mark

Fish Dam Battle Ground

Nov. 8, 1780

between

Gen. Sumter, American

Maj. Wemyss, British

Won by Americans

Marker is on State Highway 215 ½ mile west of Store Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Battle of Fishdam Ford

On the east side of Broad River by an old Indian fish dam, General Thomas Sumter's camp was attacked before dawn on November 9, 1780 by the British 63rd Regiment and a detachment of the Legion, led by Major James ...

The Osterby House

Large 18th c. house was boarding

house for brickyard workers.

Site of illegal liquor sales, knife

fights, threats and a deadly fire.

Current house built 1900.

Marker is on Fort Salonga Road (New York Route 25A) east of Makamah Road, on the left when ...

Clifton Baptist Church / First Baptist Church

Clifton Baptist Church

This church, originally called Clifton Baptist Church, was founded in 1881 with ten charter members and Rev. T.J. Taylor as its organizing minister. Rev. W.T. Tate was its first permanent minister. Admitted into the Broad River Association later ...

Village of Big Bend

In 1837, in anticipation of the “Great Wisconsin Land Sale” of 1839, Aaron and Elvira Putnam settled near a “Big Bend” in the Fox River. Potawatomi Indians camped on the river, but there were no white settlers at what was ...