Nps Form 10-900 - National Register Of Historic Places Registration Form Page 13
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22United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
NPS Form 10-900
OMB No. 1024-0018
Bridge No. 4969
Morrison County, MN
Name of Property
County and State
construct the bridge according to these plans was awarded to the Minneapolis Bridge Company
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in early April of 1930, and they officially began construction on April 28
(Northern Pacific
Railway Company 1931).
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With the completion of the bridge on November 18
, 1930, and the initial construction at Camp
Ripley, training of the Minnesota National Guard was able to commence at the new 12,000-acre
site the following June (Northern Pacific Railway Company 1931:B-3; Hess, Roise and
Company 1994:25; Erickson 2007). By 1936, this facility, which afforded an essential versatility
in training exercises, had been used not only by the National Guard, but by all branches of the
service (Bettenburg and Miller 1936:129), and at the end of the decade, the institution of Camp
Ripley was deemed by the Adjutant General’s Office (1940:19) to be the most important event to
“have contributed to the increasing efficiency of Minnesota troops.” Camp Ripley, now at
53,000 acres, remains the center of National Guard training in Minnesota, and Bridge No. 4969
continues to constitute its direct link to major rail and highway routes.
Section 8 page 13
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