The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Big Stone Township was organized in 1879. It took its name from Big Stone Lake.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Big Stone’s history is told.
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Big Stone, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
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 Stone is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Big Stone has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Pauli Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Almond, 3.6 miles away.
Big Stone and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Big Stone
St. Pauli Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran ChurchAlmond · Building3.6miOrtonville Free LibraryOrtonville · Built 19154.9miBig Stone County CourthouseOrtonville · Building5.1miOrtonville Commercial Historic DistrictOrtonville · District5.1miJames A. and Ida Bell Gold HouseBig Stone City · Built 19005.9mi
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. St. Pauli Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Big Stone?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Big Stone’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.