Built in 1940 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“The Reads Landing Overlook is a scenic overlook on U.S. Route 61 in Pepin Township, Minnesota, United States.”
Wikipedia article Reads Landing Overlook, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Wabasha County · listed in 2004 · category: Site · built in 1940, National Park Service rustic, by Arthur R. Nichols.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Pepin Township. History of Wabasha County : Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc. : Gathered from Matter Furnished by Interviews with Old Settlers, County, Township, and Other Records, and Extracts from Files of Papers, Pamphlets, and Such Other Sources As Have Been Available : Also a History of Winona County, published 1884 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Pepin Township - 10,395 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Reads Landing Overlook between 1994 and 2018, burning about 89 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018007 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Reads Landing Overlook: 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freiheit Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tulip Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Charles Serene, Jr. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Pepin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wabasha Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winona S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Reads Landing School | 1.5 miles | 1989 |
 | Alexander Thoirs House | 4.0 miles | 1989 |
| Hurd House-Anderson Hotel | 4.0 miles | 1978 | |
 | William H. and Alma Downer Campbell House | 4.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Wabasha Commercial Historic District | 4.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Lorenz and Lugerde Ginthner House | 4.1 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001359 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wabasha County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
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