C-SPAN Video Tour – Saint Paul: Historic Fort Snelling
By Matt Cassady Program Specialist Visit Historic Fort Snelling. This National Historic Landmark built in the early 1820s, teaches a...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20195 min read
Dred Scott is Fort Snelling’s best-known slave, but there were others
By Nick Woltman @ Pioneer Press In 1846, an enslaved African-American couple, who met and married at Fort Snelling, sued the woman who...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20193 min read
It’s time for truth-telling at Fort Snelling
By Mary Bakerman @ MinnPost The bonding bill at the Minnesota Legislature includes a $34 million request from the Minnesota Historical...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Apr 30, 20195 min read
The Dakota People
Staff @ The Minnesota Historical Society Dakota people are comprised of four groups: The Bdewakantunwan (Mdewakanton), Wahpetunwan...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Apr 25, 20193 min read
200 years later, Fort Snelling looks for a makeover
Tom Weber @MPR News Minnesota Historical Society officials will ask lawmakers to approve more than $30 million in next year’s bonding...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Josiah Snelling Arrives in 1820
By Nick Woltman @ Pioneer Press The first troops arrived in 1819 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Leavenworth and began...
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