Joseph Brown
Near Henderson, MN
Location: At the end of the cul-de-sac in Brown Cemetery.
Hidden on a beautiful afternoon
Once you make it to Brown Cemetery, head southeast to the end of the road and you should be in front of the tallest marker in the cemetery. This marker is placed in honor of Joseph R. Brown.
Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805–1870) was an American politician, pioneer, fur trader, newspaper editor, businessman, inventor, speculator, and Indian agent who was prominent in Minnesota and Wisconsin territorial and state politics for over 50 years.
Brown was born in Harford County, Maryland, on January 5, 1805. He was married three times.
- (1) Helen Dickson (1808-1884), whom Joe married while he was still in the army.
- (2) Margaret (Mary) McCoy (c.1816- ?) was part Ojibwe, born on the Red River.
- (3) Susan Frenier (1819-1904), Brown’s third wife, was also part Dakota heritage.
At the age of 15, he left his apprenticeship as a printer to join the army, and was sent to Cantonment New Hope. The Cantonment New Hope Site, was a stockade fort built by Col. Leavenworth near Mendota, at the site of today’s Picnic Island, to assemble materials for the construction of Fort Snelling. He was discharged from the army in 1828.
Standing in front of Mr. Brown's marker at the end of the road, look around, feel free to have a seat on the bench if you want, but then look straight up. You should see an object that is used to illuminate Joseph, and that object has a number on it. Let that number equal Z.
- Z = # on Joe's illumination object.
- X = Z multiplied by 74
- Y = Z multiplied by 93
Now for some quick and hopefully simple plug and play.
N44 31 . X
W93 54 . Y
Joseph Brown
Susan Brown
