Little Falls, Minnesota Little Falls, Minnesota Nickname(s): "LF, Small Falls, Cleveland of Minnesota" Location of Little Fallswithin Morrison County and state of Minnesota Location of Little Falls inside Morrison County and state of Minnesota Website City of Little Falls Little Falls is a town/city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States, near the geographic center of the state.
Established in 1848, Little Falls is one of the earliest metros/cities in Minnesota.
It is the governmental center of county of Morrison County. The populace was 8,343 at the 2010 census. Little Falls is the locale of the boyhood home of Charles Lindbergh.
Lindbergh State Park, titled after Lindbergh's father, prominent Minnesota lawyer and U.S.
The town was titled after falls that were positioned on the Mississippi River, which travels through the town.
Several attempts to build dams over the falls took place throughout the town's history, some of which powered saw mills in the nineteenth century. Today, the Little Falls Dam serves as a hydroelectric station that generates power for the encircling area.
5.1 Little Falls Dam Festival 5.2 Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair 5.3 Little Falls Antiques and Collectibles Fair According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.78 square miles (20.15 km2), of which 7.24 square miles (18.75 km2) is territory and 0.54 square miles (1.40 km2) is water. Highway 10 and Minnesota State Highways 27 and 371 are three of the chief routes in the city.
Little Falls is also the easterly end of Minnesota Highway 28, which heads to Browns Valley at its end at the Minnesota South Dakota border.
Minnesota Highway 238 is also close-by linking Minnesota Highway 27 at Little Falls to Interstate 94 (I-94) in Albany, Minnesota, 35 miles south of Little Falls.
Little Falls formerly featured a large ravine, which ran through the east side company district, past the Morrison County Courthouse and the initial Little Falls City Hall.
Downtown Little Falls Little Falls has a several schools which include: Knight Elementary, a satellite school for the Little Falls precinct Little Falls Community Middle School Little Falls Community High School Little Falls Continuing Education School Lindbergh State Park and Historical Site are positioned on the Mississippi River.
Lindbergh, Sr. The historical site includes the home where the world-famous aviator spent summers next to the Mississippi River and also a visitor's center that tells the Lindbergh family story and displays a full size replica of The Spirit of St.
Created by artist Frank Gosiak, two large colored murals, depicting the logging era and chief street Little Falls in the early 1900s, grace the facade of the Hennepin Paper Co.
A third Gosiak mural "Door Into the Past" depicts the history of Little Falls evolving into present day Little Falls.
Francis Covent was established by the Roman Catholic order of Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1891. The Morrison County Historical Society owns and operates The Charles A.
Lindbergh Historic Site and Lindbergh State Park.
The exhibition was assembled as the new home of the Morrison County Historical Society between 1974 and 1975, with the official dedication on August 24, 1975. Prior to this, the Morrison County Historical Society, which was established in 1936, made its home in the basement of the Historic Morrison County Courthouse.
The Minnesota Fishing Museum (MFM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the tradition and history of contaminating fishing in Minnesota.
The MFM is also host of the Let's Go Fishing Minnesota, Little Falls Chapter. In 1886, they moved their company to Little Falls, but in 1891, the brothers dissolved their partnership.
At the turn of the century, they were becoming increasingly prosperous in the Little Falls improve and began their process of planning and building a home.
Christian and Linda Rosenmeier moved to Little Falls in 1914 and resided in a flat over the Barney Burton Clothing Store.
In 1940, he was propel to the unexpired term of the late senator Fred Miller of Little Falls, and he served in the Minnesota State Senate under eight successive governors.
The Burton-Rosenmeier House serves as the Little Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Little Falls Dam Festival Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair It is sponsored by the Little Falls Chamber of Commerce since 1972.
Little Falls Antiques and Collectibles Fair The Morrison County Record is a weekly journal presented in Little Falls. Little Falls Radio Corporation has three stations: The channels were originally broadcast out of Little Falls Community High School, but were moved to the Great River Arts Center in downtown Little Falls. "Morrison County Historical Society - Community Building".
"The Little Falls Ravine".
Little Falls Community Schools Little Falls Schools | MN - Ratings and Map of Public and Private Schools Lindbergh Historic Site : Minnesota Historic Sites Linden Hill Historical Event Center - Little Falls, Minnesota's Top Tour, Wedding & Retreat Destination! Pine Grove Zoo (320) 616-5595 Little Falls, Minnesota "Morrison County Historical Society".
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