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• Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway

• 9:00 - 7.7 miles / 15 minutter - 9:15

  St. Thomas Catholic Church

  The present church was built in 1870 to replace previous
  structures built in 1855 and 1862. It is on the National Register
  of Historic Places and national documentation calls it the first
  Irish agrarian settlement in Minnesota.

• 9:30 - 5.3 miles / 10 minutter - 9:41

  Joseph R. Brown Heritage Center and Minnesota River Center

  In Henderson, an interpretive center tells the life story of this exceptional man and the story of the Minnesota River Valley.

• 10:11 - 5.5 miles / 11 minutter - 10:22

  W. W. Mayo House

  Before founding the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Dr. William W. Mayo set up his first medical practice in Minnesota from this nationally registered, gothic-style home he built in 1859. In 1874 the Cosgrove family -- founders of the Minnesota Valley Canning Company, which eventually became the Green Giant Company -- moved into the home.
  Costumed, interpretive tours of the home and its original furnishings are available. Tour guides tell the stories of both of these prominent Minnesota families. The Mayo House Interpretive Society
  administers this Minnesota Historical Society
  site.

• 10:52 - 12.4 miles / 24 minutter - 11:16

  Lower Sioux Agency History Center

  This is the site of one of two agencies built by the federal
  government to house government employees on the reservation set up
  for the Dakota people so that they would learn farming practices.
  An original stone warehouse remains standing. An interpretive
  center tells the story of the history of the agency site and the
  nearby Redwood Ferry Ambush site.
  In 1852, a reservation along the Minnesota River was just four
  percent of the land the Dakota previously inhabited. Some Dakota
  adapted to white agricultural practices. However, crops failed in
  1861 and by the summer of 1862 families were starving. The agency
  distributed the money, food, and supplies for which the Dakota had
  sold their land. However, the agent refused to give out their food
  payments. By mid-August the Dakota could wait no longer. They
  attacked the Agency, destroying buildings and taking food for their
  families.
  Explore the history and culture of the Dakota, learn how
  government employees and missionaries sought to change their
  traditional way of life at the agency, and discover the roots of
  the US/Dakota Conflict of 1862 in the visitor center exhibit.
  Outdoors, investigate the original 1861 agency warehouse and three
  miles of trails with interpretive signs telling of the agency's
  story.

• 11:16 - 11.3 miles / 22 minutter - 11:39

  R.D. Hubbard House

  Built in 1871, this French Second Empire mansion is one of the finest homes built in Mankato during the 19th
  Century. It has been restored to its 1905 appearance and showcases carved woodwork, three marble fireplaces, Tiffany and Quetzal lights and silk wall coverings. The Carriage House is home to numerous horse drawn carriages and mechanical vehicles, including a stage coach from the 1870s and a restored 1916 fire
  engine. The landscaped grounds include the award winning Palmer Centennial Gardens. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open for walk in visitors during the summer.

• 12:39 - 193.9 miles / 6 timer 27 minutter - 19:07

  Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway - end