Stillwater, Minnesota

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Stillwater Bridge

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city park

North Lowell Park

history

Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, was located in 1838 and named in 1842 by John McKasick, because, owing to the great depth of the waters in the river (St. Croix), and from the fact that the fall in the water until it reaches the Mississippi River, is very slight, the waters ran very still. At an early day the town was called Dakotah from the Dakota (Sioux) Indian tribe.

northbound on Highway 95

St. Croix Boom Site

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/137853

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/places/cities/united-states/minnesota/stillwater/stillwater.md

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James A. Garfield (Wikipedia) James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was an American politician who served as the 20th president of the United States from March 1881 until his death in September that year; he was assassinated in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the presidency, he had been elected to the U.S. Senate by the Ohio General Assembly—a position he declined when he became president-elect.

showboat

Andiamo Showboat

soccer field

southbound on Highway 95

Oak Park Heights, Minnesota

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Because many people confused South Stillwater with the city of Stillwater, the city changed its name to Bayport in 1922.

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Stillwater Township

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q862658

Wikipedia

Stillwater, Minnesota (Wikipedia) Stillwater is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Washington County. It is in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, on the west bank of the St. Croix River, across from Houlton, Wisconsin. Stillwater’s population was 19,394 at the 2020 census. Stillwater is often called “the birthplace of Minnesota” due to its role in the establishment of the state.