On 580th Avenue, 0.5 miles north of County Highway 23, on the right when traveling north.
First Blood
In memory of the first five victims of the great Indian massacre of August 1862, and buried here in one grave
Robinson Jones • Viranus Webster • Howard Baker • Ann Baker • Clara D. Wilson
Erected by the State in 1878 . . . — — Map (db m70407) HM WM
On 580th Avenue, 0.5 miles north of County Highway 23, on the right when traveling north.
The first pioneers to settle in this area arrived by July, 1856, three months after their oxen-drawn prairie schooners left Rock County, Wisconsin. They were the families of Henrik H. Thoen, Ole H. Ness, Nels H. Colberg and bachelors Ole H. . . . — — Map (db m92468) HM
On 225th Avenue, 0.4 miles north of 161st Street, on the left when traveling north.
The monument rests on three large stones representing and honoring the Dakota, the Settlers and the Lakota. It is approximately 1,750 feet down a mown grass trail, behind you and to the right (west).
The Slaughter Slough monument was dedicated . . . — — Map (db m164722) HM
Near 225th Avenue, 0.4 miles north of 161st Street, on the left when traveling north.
This site is the approximate location of a battle which occurred on August 20, 1862, between Dakota (Sioux) Indians and settlers fleeing to New Ulm from their cabins along Lake Shetek. This tragic encounter claimed the lives of at least two . . . — — Map (db m164718) HM
On Smith Lake Drive (County Road 96) 0.2 miles west of State Park Road (County Highway 37), on the right when traveling west.
A military and civilian burial detail interred the remains of settlers killed at the slough. All remains were placed in seven wooden coffins in family groups and then buried side by side.
At this site lie the bodies of 14 people buried . . . — — Map (db m228258) HM
On Smith Lake Drive, 0.3 miles west of State Park Road (County Highway 37), on the right when traveling west.
Henry and Sophia Smith flee to the Wright cabin
Shouts of terror and the crack of gun fire broke the early morning calm of August 20, 1862. Running in fear for their lives the Lake Shetek settlers passed this way, heading for shelter in . . . — — Map (db m228263) HM
On Fort Road (County Highway 5) 0.3 miles east of 521st Avenue (County Highway 10), on the right when traveling east.
On the Red River Oxcart Trail to Traverse des Sioux
1854–First white man to claim land–Bruce Pierce.
1855-56–Then; Christian, John & Andrew Anderson; Christian & Torger Peterson & the Jensens.
1862–The Applebaum home . . . — — Map (db m73506) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 14) at 4th Street (County Highway 24), on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
1855 - First settlers were Jacob Harmon, Mr. Haresine, John Sidel, Jacob Gfeller, & Ole Nelson - Most of the early settlers came from Germany.
1856 - Village of Red Stone, near the ferry, was surveyed but never developed.
1856 - Hilo post . . . — — Map (db m66070) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
A Minority in Their Homeland
For generations, the land stretching out around you was the homeland of the Dakota Indians. Through treaties in 1851, the Dakota sold all of their land in southern Minnesota. The treaties disregarded Dakota . . . — — Map (db m71126) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
The Dakota plan of attack on August 22 was the same as on the 20th—a volley of three shots from the north, followed by a rush of warriors from the east, south, and west. The plan was disrupted again when a mail carrier was spotted on the New Ulm . . . — — Map (db m199447) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
You are standing where cannon fire stopped the Dakota assault on August 20, 1862. According to Tasina Wakanhdi (Lightning Blanket), who was involved in both attacks on the Fort, the warriors who made the first attack on Fort Ridgely were men from . . . — — Map (db m71702) HM
Near County Highway 30, 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
Erected by the State of
Minnesota
1873
Built by Sullivan & Terry, Mankato.
In memory of Capt. John S. Marsh • First Serg't Russell H. Findley • Serg't Solon A. Trescott • Corp'l Joseph S. Besse • Private Charles R. . . . — — Map (db m70679) WM
Near County Highway 30, 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
Erected by the State of Minnesota in recognition of, and to commemorate the loyal and efficient services rendered to the State by Chief Mou-Zoo-Mau-Nee and the Chippewa Indians during the Sioux out-break and the civil war. — — Map (db m70730) WM
Near County Highway 30, 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
The State
of Minnesota to
the Memory of
Mrs Eliza Müller
1877
Her valor and her devotion to the care of the sick and wounded soldiers and refugees during and after the Sioux Indian outbreak of 1862 will forever be . . . — — Map (db m70713) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
Elden Lawrence writes about a daring rescue led by his great-grandfather, Lorenzo Lawrence:
The Dakota were divided about whether to go to war with the whites. After attempts to avert the fighting proved futile, many Dakota decided to . . . — — Map (db m72934) HM
On County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
Fort Ridgely both contradicts and fits the popular culture stereotype of a frontier fort. Following its 1855 completion, the Fort’s primary role was to assist the federal government with an orderly transition of land ownership from American Indians . . . — — Map (db m70107) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of the fallen; in recognition
of the living; and for the emulation
of future generations.
Erected A.D. 1896, by the State of Minnesota, to preserve the site of Fort Ridgely, a United States military post established in . . . — — Map (db m70741) HM WM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
This original log powder magazine, and another one similar to it, stood across the road in front of you when Fort Ridgely was an active military post. These buildings were used for storing ammunition and unused weapons. During the 1862 battles, a . . . — — Map (db m71726) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
Soldiers and civilian refugees peered anxiously in this direction, fearing another attack and praying for help. The garrison had dug entrenchments and built an earthen wall south of the fort. Barricades on all sides had been strengthened. During . . . — — Map (db m71599) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
The immense stone barracks was the most impressive building at Fort Ridgely. Measuring 235 feet by 40 feet and two stories high, it could house as many as 400 enlisted men. Its two-foot-thick walls were made of rectangular granite blocks set in . . . — — Map (db m72209) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
On the morning of August 18, 1862, Captain John Marsh, 46 soldiers, and interpreter Peter Quinn left the fort to respond to news of violence at Lower Sioux Agency. After an 11-mile march, the soldiers prepared to cross the Minnesota River at the . . . — — Map (db m71633) HM
Near County Highway 30, 1.1 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
Fort Ridgely served as a buffer between Dakota Indians on the reservations and white settlers pouring into the Minnesota River valley. Soldiers stationed here enforced treaty agreements and protected the Dakota from intrusions onto their . . . — — Map (db m71197) HM
On State Highway 22, 0.4 miles east of County Road 52, on the right when traveling east.
Mrs. Maria Jonsson, wife of Erik Jonsson, and their son Pehr, were killed by Sioux Indians on August 23, 1862, near their home in New Sweden Township, about five miles northwest of this marker. Both natives of Sweden, Mrs. Jonsson was . . . — — Map (db m73601) HM
On Skaro Street at North Washington Avenue on Skaro Street.
In 1871, Eugene St. Julien Cox, a man of eccentric tastes and "great vigor of mind" built this picturesque neo-Gothic Italianate house noted for its towered cupola, small balconies, and carved eaves.
Cox began his law career in 1857 and . . . — — Map (db m65464) HM
Near North Minnesota Avenue (U.S. 169) 0.6 miles Traverse des Sioux Road, on the right when traveling north.
Why a Treaty?
Created by the federal government in 1849,
Minnesota Territory was more than twice the size
of the present-day state of Minnesota, extending
into the Dakotas as far as the Missouri River. But
white emigrants could not . . . — — Map (db m168092) HM
On County Highway 2, 0.2 miles east of Porter Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
175 feet north stood
the building
in which upwards of
100 Sioux Indians were
tried by Court Martial
convicted and
sentenced to death
Nov. 1862. — — Map (db m67772) HM
Near Reservation Road 101, 0.1 miles east of Reservation Highway 1, on the left when traveling east.
A center of Mdewakanton Dakota community life for several generations, St. Cornelia's Episcopal Church is a symbol of Dakota continuity in the homeland from which they once were exiles. In 1987 the remains of 31 Dakota who died in an Iowa . . . — — Map (db m70182) HM
Near North Swain Street, 0.8 miles north of East Bridge Street (Minnesota Highway 19), on the right when traveling north.
Near this spot lie the remains of Wowinape (Place of Refuge), a survivor of the Dakota War of 1862. Wowinape was the son of Taoyateduta (His Red Nation), known to whites as Little Crow, spokesman and leader of the Dakota in that tragic war. In July, . . . — — Map (db m69792) HM
On County Road 15, 3.2 miles County Road 6, on the right when traveling east.
Mary Schwandt and her brother August were the only two of their extended family of nine who survived the terrible six week long war now usually named the United States - Dakota Conflict of 1862. During Mary's captivity with the Dakota . . . — — Map (db m71301) HM
On County Road 15, 3.2 miles east of County Road 6, on the right when traveling east.
Erected by
State of Minnesota
1915
In Memory of
Martyrs for
Civilization
Johann Schwandt
Christina Schwandt
& Their Children
Fredrik & Christian
John Walz
Karolina Schwandt
Walz & John Frass
Murdered by Sioux
Indians . . . — — Map (db m69572) HM WM
Near County Road 6, 0.3 miles south of County Road 15.
On August 17, 1862, Dakota leaders held a series of councils to discuss going to war. Earlier that day an incident in Acton Township had brought conditions to a crisis when young Dakota hunters killed five immigrants. The council began at the Rice . . . — — Map (db m170343) HM WM
Near County Road 6, 0.3 miles south of County Road 15.
The Minnesota River Valley was ripe for conflict in 1862. Tensions between the Dakota people and the U.S. government had long been
brewing over broken treaty promises and dramatic changes to Dakota traditional lifestyles. Focused on the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m170344) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"It was a beautiful place to encamp, but it proved an unfortunate one for us, as the enemy had the advantage both of the timber and hill for protection."
Joseph Anderson
To . . . — — Map (db m71481) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"One of the sentinels fired. The shot was followed by a heavy volley from the Indians, which...killed and wounded several of our men and the fight was on."
Joseph Anderson
. . . — — Map (db m71554) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"Soon after the battle I, with many others who had taken part in the war, surrendered to Gen. Sibley."
Wamditanka
"As soon as I surrendered I was thrown in prison," . . . — — Map (db m71612) HM
On 340th Street (U.S. 71) south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the right when traveling north.
On the prairie half a mile east of this point, a party of about 160 troops was attacked by Sioux at dawn, Sept. 2, 1862.
During the battle, the force was surrounded for thirty hours, losing over a third of its number in killed and wounded.
. . . — — Map (db m67451) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
All our horses, both cavalry and transportation horses, were either killed or so badly wounded as to make them unfit for service."
Joseph Anderson
Tethered to wagons on the . . . — — Map (db m71575) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"It was concluded to surround the camp that night and attack it at daylight. We felt sure we could capture it."
Wamditanka
After the Dakota scouts spotted Anderson's men . . . — — Map (db m71510) HM
Near East Monument Drive, 0.5 miles east of Walnut Drive.
north side Erected by the State of Minnesota in grateful remembrance of the Heroism of those gallant soldiers and citizens who fought the Battle of Birch Coulee and to perpetuate their names.
Capt. Hiram P. Grant. Co. A. 6th Minnesota . . . — — Map (db m69514) HM WM
On North Park Drive, 0.1 miles north of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1862, settlers in the area of Birch Coolie Creek were living peaceful lives, having come to this area to take up new homesteads. They were in large part recent immigrants to this country. When they settled here they were mostly unaware of . . . — — Map (db m69354) HM WM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"We had no difficulty in surrounding the camp. The pickets were only a little way from it."
Wamditanka
No soldiers would have attempted to climb this hill during the battle. . . . — — Map (db m71551) HM
On 340th Street (U.S. 71) 0.4 miles north of 695th Avenue (County Road 116), on the left when traveling north.
Erected by the
Renville Co. Pioneers,
Aug. 18, 1907.
In Memory of
Radnor Earle
who was killed by the
Indians in the massacre
of Aug. 18, 1862
while Saving his Father's life. — — Map (db m70510) HM WM
On 340th Street (U.S. 71) 0.4 miles north of 695th Avenue (County Road 116), on the left when traveling north.
Erected by the
Renville Co. Pioneers,
Aug. 18, 1907.
In memory of
Mrs. S. R. Henderson
and her two little
daughters,
Jehiel Wedge,
and
Eugene White,
who were killed by
the Indians in the
massacre
of Aug. 18, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m70514) HM WM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
In the late summer of 1862, the land on which you're standing was a war zone. The causes of that war had been brewing for decades.
In treaties signed between 1805 and 1858, the Dakota nation ceded much of its land to the U.S. government. . . . — — Map (db m71337) HM
On State Highway 19 at milepost 81.5,, 3 miles east of U.S. 71, on the right when traveling east.
On a summer day in 1862 the Redwood Ferry landing on the Minnesota River below this point was the scene of the first attack against military troops in one of America's most tragic Indian wars.
Early in the morning of August 18, 1862, a large . . . — — Map (db m68897) HM
Near East Monument Drive, 0.5 miles east of Walnut Drive.
Made of solid granite, the “Friendly Indian Monument” was dedicated in 1899 in honor of six Dakota Indians who befriended and protected government employees, immigrant settlers, missionaries, or aided soldiers during the . . . — — Map (db m70864) HM
Near East Monument Drive, 0.5 miles east of Walnut Drive.
This monument was dedicated in 1894 as a testament to U.S. soldiers and civilians who fought and died in the Battle of Birch Coulee. The U.S.–Dakota Conflict of 1862 started when Dakota Indians, frustrated over broken treaty . . . — — Map (db m70848) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
On the second day of the fight, we were reinforced...which ended one of the hardest and best fought battles known."
Joseph Anderson
Early in the afternoon of September 3, . . . — — Map (db m71590) HM
On County Road 18, 0.1 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
West of crest of hill
and 755 feet east
was one of the principal
points of attack by
the Sioux indians
under Big Eagle,
Sept 2-3, 1862. — — Map (db m67764) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
Just before sunrise on September 2, 1862, the sharp crack of a warning shot signaled the start of the Battle of Birch Coulee.
One of the bloodiest battles of the U.S.-Dakota War was fought here. For a day and a half, this place echoed . . . — — Map (db m71159) HM
Near 350th Street, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
In the then tall grass in
the swale, about 800 feet
north, a body of Sioux
Indians under Gray Bird
attacked the whites.
Behind the hill 400 feet
to the east was the last
point of attack by the
Indians, whence they were
driven by . . . — — Map (db m154042) HM
Near East Monument Drive, 0.5 miles east of Walnut Drive.
Erected A. D. 1899 by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society to commemorate the brave, faithful, and humane conduct of the loyal Indians who saved the lives of white people and were true to their obligations throughout the Sioux War in Minnesota . . . — — Map (db m69496) HM WM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"I led my men up from the west through the grass and took up a position 200 yards from the camp behind a small knoll."
Wamditanka
You are standing where Wamditanka and his band took . . . — — Map (db m71532) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
Before the Battle
When glaciers receded from this region thousands of years ago, they left behind huge rivers and lakes in a broad valley.
Over time, the valley became filled with tallgrass prairies, small lakes, and the waterway known . . . — — Map (db m71445) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
The story of Birch Coulee is told vividly by the men who fought here.
As you move along this trail, you will follow the stories of two men: Joseph Anderson, a captain in the U.S. Army, and Wamditanka (Big Eagle), a Mdewakanton chief.
. . . — — Map (db m71459) HM
Near County Road 18, 0.2 miles south of 690th Avenue (County Road 2), on the left when traveling south.
"When the men in advance reached Little Crow's village...they saw a column of mounted men and some wagons...going eastward." Wamditanka
The "men in advance" were Dakota scouts. According to . . . — — Map (db m71472) HM
On 145th Street (County Road 15) 0.1 miles west of 180th Street, on the left when traveling east.
A Grand and Luxurious Home
This was the first house built of quarried granite in the Minnesota River valley during the 1860s. Most structures then were cabins or small wooden frame houses. Brick and stone structures had been built at . . . — — Map (db m226523) HM
On 6th Street Northwest at Central Avenue North, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street Northwest.
Seabury Divinity School 1860 Faribault was a sanctuary for the Dakota during a most difficult time. Whipple provided protection and opportunities for education at Seabury Divinity School where Episcopal ministers found training. . . . — — Map (db m212194) HM
Imagine a long-ago village along the river, shaded by majestic oak trees. People have lived here for thousands of years.
In the early 1800's, this landscape was home to a band of Dakota Indians called the Wahpeton, or People of the Leaves. . . . — — Map (db m225967) HM
On North 5th Street (County Highway 6) 0.3 miles north of Main Street (State Highway 19), on the right when traveling north.
In November of 1862, after the fighting of the U.S.-Dakota War had drawn to a close, those who had not engaged in battle — mostly women and children — were taken overland by U.S. soldiers from the Redwood (Lower Sioux) . . . — — Map (db m73578) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 19) west of North 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
In Memory Of
John Other Day
Noble Sioux Chieftain
who piloted 62 whites
to safety in the
Outbreak of 1862
"I commend him to the care of a just God and a liberal government" Maj. T. J. Galbraith. — — Map (db m68144) HM
On North 5th Street (County Highway 6) 0.3 miles north of Main Street (State Highway 19), on the right when traveling north.
The Minnesota River Valley was ripe for conflict in 1862. Tensions between the Dakota people and the U.S. government had long been brewing over broken treaty promises and dramatic changes to Dakota traditional lifestyles. Focused on . . . — — Map (db m73545) HM
On Sibley Street, 0.2 miles south of 4th Street West (Minnesota Highway 19), on the left when traveling south.
This is the approximate site of Eagle City which was settled in 1858 at the halfway point on the Henderson to Fort Ridgely Trail. This was the same year Minnesota became a state. A. (Michael) Cummings built a tavern/hotel which also became a United . . . — — Map (db m66949) HM
On State Highway 15 south of County Road 8, on the left when traveling north.
Here in 1856 settlers from Maine established a community that grew into a vigorous pioneer village including three churches & stores, two lodge halls, blacksmith shop, cheese factory – all built near the site of a 2½-story tamarack fort . . . — — Map (db m70766) HM
About one block east of this marker, near the site of the Gray Laboratory School, stood Fort Holes, for a brief time a reminder of the panic accompanying the Sioux uprising of 1862. As fighting flared, frightened settlers streamed into nearby . . . — — Map (db m88376) HM
Near 2nd Avenue Northwest at West Birch Street, on the left when traveling north.
At this point the citizens erected one of three pentagonal blockhouse of green timber, with sides 50 feet long, in August 1862, during the Sioux Outbreak.
A second blockhouse stood near the present grounds of St. Benedict’s College. These . . . — — Map (db m207751) HM
On Unnamed park road north of 15th Street NE (County Highway 95), on the right when traveling north.
This marks the spot where the first Indian massacre took place in this immediate locality August 20th 1862. For further information see Kandiyohi County history. This immemorial erected by P. Broberg being one of the remnants of the massacre. — — Map (db m199592) HM
On 15th Street Northeast (County Road 95) east of 170th Avenue Northeast (County Road 95).
Near this spot in Monson Lake Memorial Park thirteen settlers -- members of the Anders P. and Daniel P. Broberg and Andreas L. Lundborg families -- were killed during the Sioux Uprising on August 20, 1862. — — Map (db m207744) HM
On Center Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
Fort Cox, also known as Camp Wilkin, was built early in the fall of 1862 by Captain E. St. Julien Cox of St. Peter and his volunteer company of “frontier avengers.” Established by order of Colonel Charles E. Flandrau following the successful . . . — — Map (db m211531) HM
On 335th Street (County Highway 16) east of 780th Avenue (County Road 118), on the right when traveling west.
Eighteen-year-old Ole Erickson Boxrud spent only two years of his short life in Minnesota, but his heroic act on the evening of April 16, 1863, reserved a place for him in the heritage of Watonwan County.
Boxrud was born in Hedalen, Norway, in . . . — — Map (db m230869) HM
On U.S. 75, 1 mile State Route 210, on the left when traveling south.
Named for John C. Breckenridge, vice-president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, the town was laid out in 1857. On August 23, 1862, its citizens were warned that the Sioux Indians were planning a raid on the town, and most of them fled to . . . — — Map (db m101275) HM
On 60th Street SW (U.S. 12) 0.4 miles west of Keats Avenue SW, on the right when traveling west.
A state of terror prevailed on the Minnesota western frontier for many months after the Sioux Uprising of 1862. Roving bands of Sioux continued to elude pursuers and attack settlers. The Dustin massacre occurred on June 29, 1863, one third mile . . . — — Map (db m69855) HM
On County Road 44 at 49th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on County Road 44.
During the Dakota Incident in 1862 danger threatened the Forest City area. Twelve men from the Fair Haven area, comprised of settlers, scouts and men from Company I, 8th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry under Captain Adkins, marched away to give aid. . . . — — Map (db m209086) HM
On 210th Avenue (County Road 18) 0.7 miles west of 610th Street (State Highway 67), on the left when traveling west.
In mid-September, 1862, more than 1,600 soldiers commanded by Colonel Henry Sibley marched northwest from Fort Ridgely into the Minnesota River Valley with an aim to end the U.S.-Dakota War. Word of that movement reached the Dakota soldiers’ lodge . . . — — Map (db m69099) HM
On 210th Avenue (County Road 18) 0.7 miles west of 610th Street (State Highway 67), on the left when traveling west.
Northern side: To the memory of the men who here lost their lives in an engagement between Minnesota volunteer soldiers and the Sioux Indians Sept. 23, 1862.
Wood Lake Battlefield
Eastern side: Anthony C. Collins • . . . — — Map (db m69179) HM
The 1860 US census list a population of 245 in Renville County from a statewide population of 172,023. About 100 people lived here at the Upper Sioux Agency in August, 1862, in homes such as this one built for families of government employees. . . . — — Map (db m153940) HM
Near Minnesota Route 67, on the right when traveling north.
This brick structure, one of the first duplexes constructed in Minnesota, was erected in 1859-60. The head carpenter, the superintendent of farms, and their families lived here. The duplex was burned during the Dakota War of 1862. George Olds, a . . . — — Map (db m199445) HM
Near Minnesota Route 67, on the right when traveling north.
This structure mirrored the appearance and function of Employee Duplex No. 1. The bricks for both buildings were fired in the Agency’s kiln. Workers at the Agency saw mill, located south east on the Yellow Medicine River cut and process the wood . . . — — Map (db m153920) HM WM
Near Minnesota Route 67, on the right when traveling east.
On this ridge is located the grave of Mazomani, a leader of the Wahpeton (Dwellers in the Leaves) Dakota, who died of injuries he received on September 23, 1862, at the battle of Wood Lake during the Dakota (Sioux) War. Mazomani (Iron Walker) was . . . — — Map (db m154353) HM WM
Near Minnesota Route 67, on the right when traveling north.
Of all the buildings at the Upper Sioux Agency in the 1800s, the warehouse received the most visitors. At this location, the Dakota received annuity payments, food, and material goods promised to them by treaty. The warehouse also housed the . . . — — Map (db m153914) HM
Near Highway 67, on the right when traveling north.
In its ongoing attempt to assimilate the Dakota into white society, the U.S. Government built an Agency school with a curriculum that included reading and writing English, math, agriculture, sewing, and carpentry. Erected in 1859, the building was . . . — — Map (db m153990) HM
By the treaties of 1851 and 1858 the lands of the once mighty Sioux were reduced to shoestring reservations along the southern bank of the Minnesota River. The Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Upper Sioux held the land from Lake Traverse to the Yellow . . . — — Map (db m154382) HM WM
Near Minnesota Route 67, on the right when traveling north.
American Indian agencies existed to implement U.S. Government Indian policies. By the mid-1800s, agencies such as this one dotted the land west of the Mississippi river. The U.S. government intended to assimilate native people into English speaking, . . . — — Map (db m154020) HM
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