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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 21, 20192 min read
Someone vandalized the ‘Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote’ sign
By Hometown Focus @ Bring Me the News The new sign at Fort Snelling that prompted controversy earlier this month was found vandalized...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 21, 20193 min read
Counterpoint: Fort Snelling History Offers Name Insight
By Gary Brueggemann @ Star Tribune As an old Minnesota historian, I am exasperated by the local media’s slanted and superficial...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20191 min read
Coming Home From War: Fort Snelling in 1865
The final weeks of the American Civil War were as dramatic as Minnesotans have ever experienced. Patricia Bauer describes the final days...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20193 min read
Fort Snelling: An Important Point of Minnesota History
By Amy Rea @ Life in Minnesota On a bluff overlooking where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet is Fort Snelling. Its...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20194 min read
The Ojibwe People
By David Henry @ Minnesota Historical Society The ancestors of the Ojibwe lived throughout the northeastern part of North America and...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20196 min read
Enslaved African Americans and the Fight for Freedom
By David Henry @ Minnesota Historical Society By the time Fort Snelling was built in the 1820s, slavery was a reality in the Northwest...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20193 min read
The Story of the US Indian Agency
By David Henry @ Minnesota Historical Society Along with building Fort Snelling at the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20192 min read
Controversy arises over new signs at Fort Snelling
By Tom Hauser @ 5 Eyewitness News Fort Snelling played a key role in Minnesota history, and today it remains one of the state’s most...
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Bruce A Peterson, Editor
May 10, 20191 min read
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
May 8, 20191 min read
Historic Preservation: Fort Snelling Designated a National Treasure
By Nick Woltman @ Pioneer Press The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Fort Snelling at Bdote a National Treasure, bringing...
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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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