Exploring Stillwater

You can find out more about the people and places featured in the show from these sources.

Boom Site—3 Miles North of downtown on St. Croix River

• On the National Register of Historic Places
• Logs stopped and sorted in lumbering heyday
• Tour guide is Brent Peterson Director Washington County Historical Society. Brent's new book is Stillwater: The Next Generation.

The Main Café—108 S. Main St.
The place the regulars go for morning coffee and more

Warden's House Museum—602 N. Main St.

• Site of Minnesota’s first territorial prison
• Museum open Thurs-Sunday except during winter

Vintage Baseball—Orleans St. W. & 6th Ave. S.

• Where modern players re-enact the old game today
• First Black man to play pro baseball on a white team was Bud Fowler
• Dan Cagley's book Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota published by Minnesota Historical Society Press

Mill Antiques—410 N. Main St.

• Built in 1852 as one of the many big lumber mills
• Now an antique center and retail space

Darla's Grill & Malt—131 St. Main St.
Old fashioned malt shop popular with visitors

Nelson's Drive Inn Dairy—920 W. Olive St.
The place for ice cream on a hot day

The Stairs—throughout town

• Built in the 1850s to get people to hike downtown
• Wonderful vistas of the river and town

Historic Caves—402 S. Main St.

• Formerly Joseph Wolf Brewery until 1919 prohibition
• Tours now offered of the once flooded canals

Links to additional information

Stillwater Public Library - Timeline of Early Stillwater