Fox Lake Township in Welcome in Martin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Fort Chanyaska

Photographed by Daniel Taylor II, April 5, 2025

1. Fort Chanyaska Marker

Inscription.
This boulder is 112 rods east from the site of Fort Chanyaska, built during the Sioux Indian uprising 1862-65 by platoon under command of 1st. Lt. George Paton, Co. D, 9th Minn. Infantry, commanded by Captain Asgrim K. Skaro, stationed at Fort Fairmount.

Erected 1927 by South Galena and Chanyaska Farm Club, Daughters of the American Revolution Fairmont Chapter.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.

Location. 43° 45.646′ N, 94° 36.88′ W. Memorial is in Welcome, Minnesota, in Martin County. It is in Fox Lake Township. It is on 130th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1892 130th Avenue, Welcome MN 56181, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: North Star (approx. 2.3 miles away); Trimont, Minnesota Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.8 miles away); Cedarville (approx. 7 miles away); The Boynton Ranch (approx. 7.2 miles away); Lone Cedar (approx.

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10 miles away); Pioneer Memorial Drive / Fairmont (approx. 10.2 miles away); Site of the Singing Oak (approx. 10.3 miles away); The Legend of the Singing Sisseton Oak (approx. 10.4 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2025, by Daniel Taylor II of Sherburn, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 51 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 5, 2025, by Daniel Taylor II of Sherburn, Minnesota. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.