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词条 Lake City and Rochester Stage Road
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  1. History

  2. Mount Pleasant Section

  3. References

{{Infobox road
| name = Lake City and Rochester Stage Road
| marker_image =
| map =
| length_mi = 32
| length_km =
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established = 1858
| decommissioned = circa-1880
| allocation =
| direction_a = north
| terminus_a = Lake City, Minnesota
| junction =
| direction_b = south
| terminus_b = Rochester, Minnesota
}}{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Lake City and Rochester Stage Road-Mount Pleasant Section
| nrhp_type =
| image = Lake City and Rochester Stage Road NRHP 91001063 Wabasha County, WI.jpg
| caption = The Mount Pleasant Section
| coordinates = {{coord|44|24|7|N|92|20|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Minnesota#USA
| location = Along U.S. Route 63, Mount Pleasant Township, Minnesota
| nearest_city = Lake City, Minnesota
| area = Less than one acre
| built = 1858
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500287|title=Overland Staging Industry in Minnesota MPS}}
| refnum = 91001063[1]
| designated_nrhp_type = August 30, 1991
}}

The Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was an early road between Lake City and Rochester, Minnesota, United States. It was blazed in 1858 to carry stagecoach traffic between the Mississippi River port and a major inland town in southeast Minnesota.[2]

History

Construction of the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was funded by a group of property owners in Lake City, Minnesota, who hoped to funnel trade from the interior through their river port community. They also subsidized a stagecoach line operated by the Northwestern Express Company, which became the Minnesota Stage Company the following year. Work on the {{convert|32|mi|km|adj=on}} route began in spring 1858 and the stagecoach company was completing daily runs by mid-May. The route was advertised as the shortest between Rochester and the Mississippi River, and superior in condition to all alternatives. In 1859 the U.S. government requested bids from private contractors to deliver mail along the route and received 22, making it one of the most sought-after mail routes in the state.[2]

The Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was blazed near the end of a six-year frenzy of road building in southeast Minnesota. These new transportation connections spurred the region's development. The stage road to Lake City was effective in helping the river port flourish.[2]

Southeast Minnesota's stage roads diminished in importance in 1867 when a railroad line opened between Waseca and Winona, becoming the preferred route to the Mississippi. The route of the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was eventually straightened and became a leg of U.S. Route 63.[2]

Mount Pleasant Section

When the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was straightened and incorporated into the modern highway system, a curving {{convert|600|ft|m|adj=on}} was abandoned and remains much as it appeared in the mid-19th century. Known as the Mount Pleasant Section for its location within Mount Pleasant Township, it stands on the northwest side of Route 63 about {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of Lake City. It comprises a {{convert|6|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide|spell=in}} dirt path curving through undeveloped woods.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road-Mount Pleasant Section for its state-level significance in the theme of transportation.[3]

References

1. ^{{NRISref|2010a}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last=Hybben |first=Robert |author2=Jeffrey A. Hess |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lake City and Rochester Stage Road: Mount Pleasant Section |url={{NRHP url|id=91001063}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=July 1990 |accessdate=2018-01-30}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=Lake City and Rochester Stage Road: Mount Pleasant Section |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/NRDetails.cfm-NPSNum=91001063.html |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lake City And Rochester Stage Road}}

5 : 1858 establishments in Minnesota|Historic trails and roads in Minnesota|Transport infrastructure completed in 1858|Transportation in Olmsted County, Minnesota|Transportation in Wabasha County, Minnesota

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