Temperance Corner Monument

 1849                                          1949

THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THE

FINNISH PIONEERS

WHO ESTABLISHED THEIR HOMES IN THIS VICINITY
 OF WRIGHT AND MEEKER COUNTIES, MINNESOTA, 
IN THE REGION KNOWN IN THE PIONEER DAYS AS THE

“BIG WOODS”

THE FIRST FINNISH PIONEERS TO ARRIVE IN THIS REGION FILED THEIR HOMESTEADS IN WRIGHT COUNTY AS FOLLOWS:

1865 – SECTION 10 – STOCKHOLM TOWNSHIP

ISAAC HAARA

1865 - SECTION 10 – COKATO TOWNSHIP

MATHIAS ABRAHAMSON (KARJENAHO)

JOHAN WIINIKKA

OLOF WESTERBERG

ELIAS PELTOPERA

1866 – SECTION 18 – COKATO TOWNSHIP

ISAAC BARBERG (BARBA)

NILS SELVALA

ADAM ONGAMO

ANTTI SEPPONEN

THIS MONUMENT SPONSORED AND ERECTED BY THE
COKATO FINNISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF WRIGHT AND MEEKER COUNTIES, MINNESOTA,
AND DEDICATED AT A
FINNISH PIONEER CELEBRATION HELD JULY 24, 1949