Near Renville in Renville County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Middle Creek Brave Settler Monument

Brave Settlers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Connor Olson, July 21, 2020

1. Brave Settlers Marker

Inscription. In memory of the brave settlers who fell at this point in the massacre of 1862.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian.

Location. 44° 38.229′ N, 95° 8.858′ W. Monument is near Renville, Minnesota, in Renville County. It is on County Road 21 0.4 miles south of County Road 50, on the right when traveling south. The memorial stands 0.4 mile south of the Middle Creek Methodist Church. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 72641 Co Rd 21, Redwood Falls MN 56283, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Southwest Minnesota and specifically in the Minnesota River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Great Plains.

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

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other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Only Two Survived (approx. 1.9 miles away); Schwandt State Monument (approx. 1.9 miles away); Site of Florita Settlement 1886-1912 (approx. 2½ miles away); Vicksburg Village (approx. 4.1 miles away); The U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 (approx. 4.2 miles away); Taoyateduta Leads His People in War (approx. 4.2 miles away); Vicksburg Cemetery (approx. 4.4 miles away); Richard Sears Memorial Park (approx. 5.8 miles away).

Also see . . . Dakota War of 1962. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on May 23, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Additional keywords. Dakota War of 1862

Photographed by Connor Olson, July 21, 2020

2. Brave Settlers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2020. This page has been viewed 713 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on May 23, 2026. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 28, 2020, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.