On D Street, 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13).
Called M'Dote or "the place where waters meet" by the Dakota, this area is central to many Dakota creation stories and is significant to Dakota people today. Just west of this site is Pilot Knob, which was used extensively for burials by the Dakota . . . — — Map (db m37659) HM
On Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) south of D Street, on the right when traveling south.
A National Scenic Byway
The Great River Road is the longest scenic byway in the nation, stretching nearly 3,000 miles through ten states from the Mississippi River's headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. For thousands of years, the . . . — — Map (db m199537) HM
On D Street, 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway.
In front of you stands the Faribault House, built by long-time fur trader Jean-Baptiste in 1839. Faribault was originally from the Montreal area, and had been associated with the British and American fur traders since the late 1790s. He built . . . — — Map (db m37618) HM
On D Street north of Great River Road, on the left when traveling west.
Faribault House
Built by Jean Baptiste Faribault pioneer fur trader.
Presented to the Sibley House Association Minnesota D.A.R. by the State of Minnesota
January 5th 1935.
Dedicated May 5th 1937.
Restored by the Federal Government . . . — — Map (db m244960) HM
On 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) west of D Street, on the right when traveling west.
To the glory of God and in memory of General Henry Hastings Sibley. Born February 20, 1811, died February 18, 1891. A great patriot - soldier - statesman. This historic marker is built
of the only remaining stone from the pioneer . . . — — Map (db m37573) HM
On D Street, 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (Minnesota Highway 13), on the left when traveling west.
The Sibley House was built in 1836 for Henry Hastings Sibley, regional manager for the American Fur Company. The first floor was designed for business operations, and the second floor was his bachelor's residence. Two additions were made to the . . . — — Map (db m242009) HM
On Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) 0.3 miles north of State Highway 110.
[symbol of the Daughters of the American Revolution]
Mendota
In the language of the Sioux means the mouth of a river. Was the earliest
permanent white settlement in southern Minnesota. A pioneer center of the fur trade. . . . — — Map (db m37534) HM
On D Street, 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (Minnesota Highway 13).
Mendota
This wide valley intersection between the two rivers known today as the Minnesota and Mississippi has been a meeting place for people for thousands of years.
The Dakota people lived on these prairielands by the 1700s. . . . — — Map (db m229001) HM
On Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) south of D Street.
The history of Minnesota is replete with stories of boomtowns becoming ghost towns. Sometimes their demise was caused by national or historical shifts in markets, such as the fading of the fur trade or the bottoming out of the wheat market. Other . . . — — Map (db m199637) HM
Near Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) west of D Street, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome to the Sibley House Historic Site! This area had long been the center of travel and trade for the Dakota when it became the center for American Fur Company operations on the Upper Mississippi. It was also home to Minnesota's first governor, . . . — — Map (db m41238) HM
Near 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) 0.5 miles north of State Highway 110, on the left when traveling north.
Here at Mendota (where the rivers meet) missionaries ministered to both Indians and settlers, enduring the hardships of a sprawling wilderness that was the Minnesota country. In 1842, Father Lucien Galtier built a small, log chapel with only two . . . — — Map (db m37714) HM
On D Street, 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (Minnesota Highway 13).
The first stone house erected in the State
of Minnesota by its first Governor,
Gen. Henry Hastings Sibley.
Secured in 1910 for the St. Paul Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
from St. Peter's Parish of Mendota
— by . . . — — Map (db m235093) HM
