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We hope you have a wonderful time exploring Park Rapids and discovering the stories along the Park Rapids History Trail.

 

We look forward to welcoming you back soon!


Our "Site Map" & "Site List" pages, identify each site by one of two markers.


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What brought people to Park Rapids?

This first theme reflects on the many factors that drew people to the area, whether to build homes, harvest timber, farm crops, or hook a prizewinning fish.

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What have people brought to Park Rapids?

In telling the story of Park Rapids the second theme focuses on what people - inhabitants and visitors alike - brought to the town.

Our site is supported by:


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The City of Park Rapids is providing support for this site through its Arts and Culture Plan which seeks to protect and promote Park Rapids' historic and cultural sites.

Clean Water Land & Legacy Amendment

Clean Water Land & Legacy Amendment

Notes:

Photos courtesy of the Hubbard County Historical Society unless credited otherwise.

Text used for the 23 sites was largely prepared by Kathryn Goetz and Elizabeth Gales of Hess, Roise and Company, Minneapolis, for the City of Park Rapids and Hubbard County Historical Society in May 2022.

This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.