Sandstone city i Pine county i Minnesota i USA

Arkiv: Pine County, Minnesota Genealogy
Länk: Sandstone, Minnesota
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The Village of Fortuna was platted by Caleb C. Ward and incorporated on May 19, 1857. It was originally platted at the junction of the Point Douglas to Superior Military Road and Kettle River. Fortuna served as the county seat for Buchanan County, Minnesota. By 1887, it had 200 residents. Just north of Fortuna, the Village of Sandstone was platted in June 1887 and incorporated on September 28, 1887. On April 14, 1920, the villages of Fortuna and Sandstone merged and reincorporated as the City of Sandstone.[7]

The city's name in the Ojibwe language is Asiniikaaning ('at the quarrying place') due to the sandstone quarry at the edge of the city.