Lewis Judd

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City of Marine on St. Croix: A Brief History

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Photo of the Marina on Saint Croix from Robert N Dennis' Stereoscopic viewer

In 1838, Marine on St. Croix was founded with the name Marine Mills. The city was the location of the first commercial sawmill on the St. Croix River. Illinois lumbermen David Hone and Lewis Judd built the sawmill in order to cut white pine. Their hometown was Marine, Illinois, which is what they named the… Read more »


Lewis Judd

Tagged: Marine on St. Croix Minnesota, Uncategorized, , , , ,

In 1838, Marine on St. Croix was founded with the name Marine Mills. The city was the location of the first commercial sawmill on the St. Croix River. Illinois lumbermen David Hone and Lewis Judd built the sawmill in order to cut white pine. Their hometown was Marine, Illinois, which is what they named the… Read more »

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