Rollingstone (Minnesota)

Winona County

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Rolling Stone is a small city in Winona County, Minnesota, USA. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a population of 664 people in 2010.

Name

The city is located on a plateau at Rolling Stone River, which was eponymous for the contemporary city. The river name is in the language of the Dakota Eyan - omen - you -met- pah and means: A current, rolling in the stones.

History

A settler group from New England began in 1853 with the establishment of the village, which failed due to poor planning and diseases of the settlers. Thereupon most of them left the place in 1854.

In the years 1841-1891 more than 72,000 immigrated to America Luxembourg. It was the poorest of the poor who left Luxembourg. In 1856, some of them came from Godbringen and Heffingen according to Rolling Stone and there built sawmills on. During the period of this emigration Rolling Stone was one of the biggest place from the emigration of Luxembourgers. Along the main street of the village originated shops and a Roman Catholic church made ​​of wood. A post office was built in 1860. 1869 was a church to be built of stone. 1868 carried a railway connection through the Chicago Great Western Railroad. 1920 Holy Trinity Catholic School was founded, which is now home to the Rolling Stone Elementary School. In the city hall of Rolling Stone was a jail, courtroom, a fire station, and at times a business that was rezoned in 1987 for Rolling Stone Luxembourg Heritage Museum. Even today speak some citizens of the city of their original language and it will be held in Luxembourg derived celebrations.