Bolles Flour Mill

Historical marker location:

Afton, Minnesota

( Marker is on Saint Croix Trail North (County Highway 18 / 21) 0.3 miles north of Stagecoach Trail South (County Highway 21), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1959

Minnesota was named after the Minnesota River, which got its name from the Dakota Sioux word "Mnisota," meaning "sky-tinted water."