First Granite Quarry
In the spring of 1868 Breen & Young opened the first commercial granite quarry in Minnesota, on the site of the present State Reformatory, just west of this point. From this beginning the industry has developed into a business involving millions of dollars. Erected by the North Star Granite Corporation, St. Cloud, 1930.
Verbatim 1940 text, presented as a historical record, not current interpretation. Minnesota now calls the 1862 conflict the U.S.-Dakota War and has since replaced the wording on some of these signs.
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