Big Stone

This photograph shows the original metal sign at the Graceville Historical Marker.

This photograph shows the Graceville Historical Marker during construction, probably during the 1940s.

This photograph shows the gravel path at the Graceville Historical Marker.

This is the plaque on the Graceville Historical Marker. It reads: "About 1866 a trading post on the Fort Wadsworth trail was established on Tokua Lakes a mile west of town. In 1878, Archbishop Ireland after erecting a church on the the present townsite, located several hundred families in the vicinity through the Catholic Colonization Bureau and named the settlement for Bishop Thomas L. Grace.

This photograph shows the freshly mown lawn at the Graceville Historical Marker.

This photograph shows the Graceville Historical Marker in 2021.

The Graceville Historical Marker is a roadside object in Big Stone County, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These photographs were taken between the 1940s and the present.

The front side of "Minnesota Bike Map West" contains the map of the southwestern quadrant of the state, from Elmore to Genola, a legend, a small map of native vegetation in the state, and an article about bicycling safety and security. The back side contains the map of the northwestern quadrant of the state, from Genola to St. Vincent, and a legend. MnDOT's bikeway maps serve as a reference guide illustrating major historical and cultural points of interest in Minnesota, public park lands and facilities, equipment, and safety information. They also depict road analyses for bicycle travel, location of paved road shoulders and off-road bikeways, and controlled access roads where bicycles are prohibited. There are 54 maps in the Statewide Series (1979-1983), 4 maps in the Statewide Quadrant Series (1986-1993), and 2 maps in the Metro Series (1989). Legislatively mandated, these maps were prepared as convenient guides to help bicyclists select their routes. Each map is unique and signifies a historical reference to the state of bicycle facilities at the time of publication.

The front side of "Explore Minnesota Bikeways: Southwest" contains: inset maps of Willmar, Alexandria, Fairmont, Worthington, Hutchinson, Marshall, and New Ulm; an illustration of Highland Farms, Pipestone and Prairie routes; and bicycling safety tips. The back contains the larger bikeways map and a legend. MnDOT's bikeway maps serve as a reference guide illustrating major historical and cultural points of interest in Minnesota, public park lands and facilities, equipment, and safety information. They also depict road analyses for bicycle travel, location of paved road shoulders and off-road bikeways, and controlled access roads where bicycles are prohibited. There are 54 maps in the Statewide Series (1979-1983), 4 maps in the Statewide Quadrant Series (1986-1993), and 2 maps in the Metro Series (1989). Legislatively mandated, these maps were prepared as convenient guides to help bicyclists select their routes. Each map is unique and signifies a historical reference to the state of bicycle facilities at the time of publication.

Census measures are used to classify Minnesota counties and metropolitan area census tracts according to demographic, journey-to-work, and mobility characteristics in 1990. Counties differ regarding scores calculated with respect to Population Mass-reflecting measures such as numbers of persons, of commuters, and of vehicles available for personal use; and a general Commuting tendency-reflecting proportions of commuters traveling more than 30 minutes, average commute time, and average number of vehicles per household. Three other basic characteristics of counties-average Socioeconomic Status of residents, degree of Mobility Impairment of residents; and Solo Commuting tendency-provide scores further differentiating counties. County scores are used to group Minnesota's 87 counties into six diverse clusters: 1) Hennepin (Minneapolis); 2) Ramsey (St. Paul); 3) Anoka and Dakota (Twin Cities suburbs); 4) St. Louis (Duluth); Olmsted (Rochester), Stears (St. Cloud), Washington (Twin Cities); and 6) all others. The second analysis examines 833 census tracts in the Minnesota's five MSAs, classifying them with the procedures used for counties. Resulting classifications illustrate that relationships between travel activity and socioeconomic characteristics vary considerably for different metropolitan contexts. As a demonstration of potentially useful methods applied to census data for Minnesota, the study provided results. On other grounds, its value is more limited.