-The place of Sights and Serenity - By – Maggie Anne Davis Stillwater
- Reference Page - - The Stillest water of the St Croix - - History - - Way Cool Facts - - Bye Bye To Old Stillwater - - Geography - - Travel Plans - - Many Things To Do - - Pricing - - Weather - - Works Cited -
- Location -
- The Stillest Water Of The St. Croix - Presentation cam also be found on Atlas page 71. This is down town Stillwater, MN. Really is there another place you can find great food, drink, shopping, and being right on the water…… Nope!
- History - Stillwater was platted in 1848, a town of about 600 people, nearly all lumbermen. Within a year of Minnesota becoming a territory, the decision was made to locate the territorial prison in Stillwater. The prison was completed by 1853 in Battle Hollow, a natural ravine north of downtown. The ravine got its name from an incident that occurred in July 1839. Both Dakota and Ojibwe parties had visited the Indian Agent at Fort Snelling.
- 1870 -
- Way Cool Facts - Stillwater entered a golden age that produced the grand homes of the lumber barons, the biggest opera house west of Chicago, and many magnificent brick buildings on Main Street. It had gas lights in 1875, telephone service downtown in 1878, and the first electric lights west of Chicago in 1888. The city also boasted as many as 46 saloons and was home to six breweries. In June 1889, the first electric street railway in Minnesota began operation in Stillwater. http://projects.wchsmn.org/communities/stillwater/
- Way Cool Facts - Stillwater had all the ingredients for a lumbering town: river connections to the northern Minnesota and Wisconsin pine lands, still waters for assembling rafts, and water power. Railroads arrived in Stillwater in the early 1870s, vastly expanding markets for timber and manufactured goods.
- Bye Bye To Old Stillwater - By 1900 the lumber was giving out and the mills closed. The final failure of the largest manufacturer, the Minnesota Thresher Company, in 1914 coincided with the last lumber rafts leaving Lake St. Croix and the moving of the state prison to South Stillwater, and began Stillwater’s rapid population decline as workers moved away. However, the diversity of business in Stillwater prevented it from becoming a ghost town. The Muller boat works, Connolly Shoe Company, Simonet Furniture Company, farm equipment makers, flour mills, and elevators kept operating. The Twin City Forge & Foundry survived by building barges and making munitions and shell casings.
- Hello New Stillwater -
- Classical Style -
- Modern -
- Geography - Stillwater is on the water shed of the St.Croix river , and on the border of the Minnesota and Wisconsin. This has made it a huge travel destination of goods because it could be easily transported.
- Geography -
- Travel Plans - (I would have to take my best friend Megan Kenny along so…) From Forest Lake, MN it would take me 35 minutes 23.7 mi - US-61 S and MN-96 E. This would be about 15 dollars in gas. We would first go downtown and grab a bite to eat at the historic freight house. This including food and drinks would be about $20 a person.
- The Route -
- Many Things To Do - The attractions of Stillwater contain the beautiful restored B&Bs and the old town main street that has been made in to many unique shops including boutiques and antiques, It is also known for its many good restaurants and bars. It is a great place for boaters and motorcycles to hit in the summer as well.
- Where To Stay -
- Pricing - It will be about $150 a night including breakfast, for lunch we may stop at a local coffee shop and spend $10. We will have bought things to pack for other lunches so we can have a picnic by the water. The rest of our free time will be consumed by walking main street looking at all the shops, and old buildings. Most off who would not love walking along the scenic river
- Weather - The weather will consist of the time of year …..Its Minnesota . So always know it will be the same as anywhere else with a slight more chill from the wind form the river.
- Trolley -
- Freight House -
- Scenic -
- Relaxation Of Vacation -
- Works Cited - http://projects.wchsmn.org/communities/stillwater/