The engraving on the West side of this monument reads: In MemoriamIn the two trenches East of this monument lie the remains of Twenty-three men, women, and children, residents of Brook Park, who perished in the fire which this monument was erected to commemorate.The engraving on the East side of the monument reads:Dedicated October 1st 1915 A.D.This monument is dedicated to the pioneers of civilization in the forests of Minnesota.The engraving on the South side of the monument reads:September 1st A.D. 1894 On the first day of September A.D. 1894 between the hours of three and five o'clock in the afternoon a forest fire swept over central Pine County devastating four hundred square miles of country, consuming the villages of Brook Park, Mission Creek, Hinckley and Sandstone and destroying more than four hundred and eighteen human lives.The engraving on the North side of the monument reads:The Great Hinckley FireThis monument is erected by the state of Minnesota to the memory of the twenty-six men, women and children who perished in the great Hinckley forest fire of September A.D. 1894.

constructed for Memorial Day, 2012