Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District
Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District | |
| Nearest city | Grand Meadow, Minnesota |
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| Area | 170 acres (69 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000345[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 8, 1994 |
The Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District in Mower County, Minnesota is a 170 acres (69 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
It is an area, first identified by Grand Meadow resident Maynard Green, of pre-historic chert mining. The site may be toured by arrangement with the Mower County Historical Society.[2]
It includes various chert quarrying sites used to make stone tools c. 8000 BCE–1600 CE.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "The Grand Meadow Chert Mine". Mower County Historical Society. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
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