Fort Snelling State Park remains flooded, Park Leaders hope to open by Labor Day
By John Croman @ Kare 11 August 2nd, 2019: The parked closed sign remains outside Fort Snelling State Park. The cars full of excited...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Aug 2, 20192 min read
ICE Protesters Gather At Federal Building Complex Near Fort Snelling
By John Croman @ Kare 11 Protesters part of the Never Again movement blocked the exits Tuesday at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Historic Fort Snelling Archaeology Update July 31, 2019
By John Croman @ Kare 11 This is your weekly notice of the status of archaeology at Historic Fort Snelling @ B’dote. Archaeologists...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jul 10, 20193 min read
Architects Designed an Active Scouting Community at Historic Fort Snelling
By John Croman @ Kare 11 A convincing case can be made that the most highly trafficked corner in Minnesota is the deep gorge where the...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jul 8, 20191 min read
Pearl Harbor Sailor, Recently Identified, To Be Interred at Fort Snelling
By John Croman @ Kare 11 MINNEAPOLIS - The remains of a Pearl Harbor sailor from Indiana, who was killed in action aboard the USS...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jul 1, 20191 min read
Fort Snelling State Park Remains Closed Through the 4th of July Due To Flooding
By John Croman @ Kare 11 MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding the public that Fort Snelling State...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jul 1, 20191 min read
Fort Snelling State Park: DNR Update
Here’s an update from the park: most importantly, the rivers have finally returned to a somewhat normal stage! The projects we are...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jun 20, 20192 min read
Historic Fort Snelling Archaeology Update
By Patricia Emerson @ Minn Historical Society June 17th, 2019 – In our letter of 13 March 2019, you were informed that the Minnesota...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jun 17, 20192 min read
Fort Snelling exhibit traces the history of secret language school
By Patricia Emerson @ Minn Historical Society A new photo exhibit at Historic Fort Snelling in Minneapolis invites viewers back in...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jun 14, 20192 min read
Fort Snelling State Park closed until July because of flood damage
By Patricia Emerson @ Minn Historical Society One of Minnesota’s busiest state parks will be closed Memorial Day weekend and the...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jun 14, 20192 min read
Someone vandalized the ‘Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote’ sign
By Patricia Emerson @ Minn Historical Society The new sign at Fort Snelling that prompted controversy earlier this month was found...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jun 13, 20194 min read
Long a Window into Minnesota’s Frontier Days… Fort Snelling has more Stories to Tell
By Patricia Emerson @ Minn Historical Society Not much has changed at Historic Fort Snelling in the past 40 years. The thousands of...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jun 12, 20191 min read
See Fort Snelling in Virtual Reality thanks to U of M Lab and the Historical Society
By Patricia Emerson @ Minn Historical Society FORT SNELLING, Minn. (FOX 9) – A previously unseen part of Fort Snelling will be...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 30, 20192 min read
Fort Snelling State Park remains closed due to spring flooding and damage
By Staff @ DNR DNR Press Release For more information, contact DNR Information Center, 888-646-6367 or info.dnr@state.mn.us. Due to...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 23, 20192 min read
Agreement to redevelop Fort Snelling buildings for veterans’ affordable housing
By Staff @ DNR Historic buildings at the Fort Snelling Upper Post will become affordable housing with preference given to military...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 23, 20194 min read
Why Save Coldwater Spring
By Susu Jeffrey @ Friends of Coldspring I was tapping my way through one of those tiresome online enviro surveys designed to boost, in...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 21, 20194 min read
State Senators try to Cut Minnesota Historical Society’s Budget over “Bdote” Sign
By Jennifer Brooks @ Star Tribune Bdote. The Dakota name for this spur of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 21, 20192 min read
Fort Snelling to Honor the “Vikings”, a Minnesota-based WWII Ski Battalion
By Cole Heath @ Fox 9 News ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Vikings, a Minnesota-based infantry battalion that fought the Nazis during...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 21, 20193 min read
Dakota aim to reclaim Fort Snelling and its difficult history
By Cody Nelson @ MPR News For the Dakota people, May 4th marks a dark date in history. It’s when, in 1863, Dakota people held at Fort...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 21, 20192 min read
Minnesota Historical Society expands its work with veterans at historic Fort Snelling
By Staff @ Hometown Focus ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is working to expand its engagement with veterans and...
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