Near Brownton in McLeod County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
White Family Massacre
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
1. White Family Massacre Marker
About 1200 feet north-east of this point stood the pioneer log cabin of Samuel White.
There on September 22, 1862, Samuel and his wife Laura, and two children, Susan and Otis were brutally murdered by a small party of Sioux Indians during the outbreak.
The bodies were subsequently interred at Glencoe.
In Appreciation
Brownton Snomobile Club
Rickert Excavating
Kloempken Construction, Inc.
Erected 1982.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1982.
Location. 44° 43.774′ N, 94° 22.178′ W. Memorial is near Brownton, Minnesota, in McLeod County. It is on Division Street West (County Highway 32) east of State Highway 15, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Brownton MN 55312, 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 Ruperts Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brownton Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Grandstand (approx. 9.8 miles away); 4-H Cafι and Exhibit Building
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Regarding White Family Massacre. In 1862, unarmed men, women and children were killed and wounded on their homesteads in surprise attacks by the Minnesota Dakota, also known by the French term, Sioux," when they waged war against the United States following two years of unfulfilled treaty obligations.
"...868 men, women, and children perished by actual count. Those killed whose remains were never found and the soldiers and citizens killed or mortally wounded in the hostile engagements with the Indians made the total death list number at least 950."
excerpt from: Monuments and Tablets Erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society 1902
Also see . . .
1. Samuel White. Find A Grave. (Submitted on November 5, 2013.)
2. Dakota War of 1862. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on November 5, 2013.)
3. The U.S. - Dakota War of 1862. Minnesota Historical Society. (Submitted on November 5, 2013.)
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
2. White Family Massacre Marker
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
3. White Family Massacre Marker
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