WOOD LAKE BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
EIN 74-3168615 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
THE ASSOCIATION HAS RECEIVED GRANTS, DONATIONS and 10 LIFE-TIME MEMBERSHIPS to FINANCE: AN APPLICATION and RECEIVE A LISTING ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACES REGISTER; A CONSERVATION EASEMENT of 229 ACRES of THE BATTLEFIELD; A LEASE AGREEMENT ON 54 ACRES to ALLOW DEVELOPMENT BY THE ASSOCIATION to GIVE PUBLIC ACCESS and EDUCATION ON THE MAJOR AREA of THE BATTLE; A GRANT for PROFESSIONAL HELP to FORMULATE A PRESERVATION PLAN; HELP IN RESTORING THE MONUMENT SITE BACK to A MORE ACCURATE AREA WHEN THE MONUMENT WAS INSTALLED IN 1910; A GRANT to PERFORM A PHASE ONE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY ON 33 ACRES of THE BATTLEFIELD to BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY of THE SITE; OUR EFFORT of RETURNING PRAIRIE GRASS to THE BATTLEFIELD SITE is SHOWING GOOD SUCCESS; and THE PULL OFF PARKING AREA for USE WHEN VISITING THE BATTLE SITE HAS BEEN AN ASSET.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2006
- Location
- 3600 140TH ST, BOYD, MN 56218-4456
- County
- Lac qui Parle
- In care of
- % TOM HOSIER