The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Big Bend Township was organized in 1874, and was named from a meander in the Chippewa River.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Big Bend’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Big Bend is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Big Bend has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lac qui Parle State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District in Lac qui Parle, 7 miles away.
Big Bend and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Big Bend
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lac qui Parle State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Big Bend?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Big Bend’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.