Williamson Cabin

Historical marker location:

Churchill, Minnesota

( Marker can be reached from 140th Avenue Northwest (County Road 32) 0.1 miles north of 1st Street West (County Road 13), on the right when traveling north.)

Erected 1836.

The first European to explore Minnesota was French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634. He traveled along Lake Michigan and the Fox River and likely reached the present-day state of Minnesota.