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MINNESOTA-
REDWOOD FALLS, MN- 9/21/07

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REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA

 

 

DOWNTOWN REDWOOD FALLS

UNITED STATES NAVAL GUN (32 Pounder Muzzle Loading Cannon)
The Navy adopted this gun in 1844.  The gun became the primary cannon of the Navy and was used during the Civil War.  The canon weighs 3300 pounds, and had a maximum range of 4911 feet, the cannon ball weighed 32 pounds, used a  powder charge of 4.5 pounds and had a crew of 9 seamen.  This cannon was manufactured around 1850 by Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh, PA.  In 1897, the John Marsh Post of the Grand Army of the Republic donated this cannon to Redwood County as a memorial to Veterans who served during the Civil War.

Redwood County Courthouse

REDWOOD STOCKADE
In 1864 Colonel Sam McPhail erected the Redwood Stockade.  It covered half a city block, located 200 feet west of this point.  Built of poles driven into a sod bank.  It served as protection for McPhail's cabin, post office and other buildings within.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

CHURCHES IN REDWOOD FALLS

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church St John Lutheran Church
Cornerstone Christian Church First Presbyterian Church

 

PARKS IN REDWOOD FALLS

Alexander Ramsey Park
Redwood County Fair

 

SIGNS TO REMEMBER IN REDWOOD FALLS

 

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