The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Plummer has been in operation since 1903. The city was named for Charles A. Plummer, who established two mills near the original town site.
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Start Plummer’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plummer’s history is told.
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Plummer, decade by decade
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 Plummer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Plummer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Red Lake County Courthouse in Red Lake Falls, 11 miles away.
Plummer and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Plummer
Red Lake County CourthouseRed Lake Falls · Building11miClearwater Evangelical Lutheran ChurchEquality · Built 191212.4miThief River Falls Public LibraryThief River Falls · Building15.4miThief River Falls Auditorium and Municipal BuildingThief River Falls · Building15.4miMinneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie DepotThief River Falls · Building15.4mi
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. Red Lake County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Plummer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Plummer’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.