Stillwater, Minnesota

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Stillwater Bridge

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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.

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St. Croix Boom Site

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

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Delta Ursae Majoris (Wikipedia) Delta Ursae Majoris (δ Ursae Majoris, abbreviated Delta UMa, δ UMa), formally named Megrez /ˈmiːɡrɛz/, is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. With an apparent magnitude of +3.3, it is the dimmest of the seven stars in the Big Dipper asterism. Parallax measurements yield a distance estimate of 80.5 light-years (24.7 parsecs) from the Sun.

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Andiamo Showboat

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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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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.