The Fort Snelling State Park Association
August 25: August Park Calendar Update
July 25: August Park Calendar Update
July 25: Coming on August 9:
Evening at the Confluence
Free Concert Series (with park permit)
THE ROXXY HALL
ALL-WOMAN JAZZ BAND
Picnic Island
July 6: Fort Snelling Interpretive Programs featured in The Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
June 29: July Park Calendar Update:
Birds, beavers, flowers, and weeds,
Buildings, rocks, and We Don't Needs,
Walks, talks, fishing for fun,
And picnics and music in the sun.
June 29: Coming on July 12: Concerts at the
Confluence features
Los Soles Mariachi Band.
Los Soles uses the traditional charro costume, voices and
string instruments to bring us the rich musical tradition of
Latin America, from Cuban Boleros to Rancheras songs from
Mexico, Los Soles will delight the audiences, just wait until
you hear La Bamba performed in the American and Mexican
fashion.
Thursday, July 12, 6:30 p.m.
Fort Snelling State Park (Hwy 5 and Post Rd), Picnic Shelter A
612-725-2389
Bring a Chair or Blanket to sit on and a picnic dinner to eat.
Vehicle permits are required to enter, $5 daily, $25 12-month sticker.
May 25: Mark your calendars for June 14! Concerts at the Confluence returns with MARIMBA Africa.
May 23: June Park Calendar Update: A busy month of birds, trees, flowers -- and mustard.
April 23: May Park Calendar Update: Birds, Fish, Plants -- must be spring!
April 1: April Park Calendar Update: Earth Day, Turtles, Warblers, and more.
March 2: Park activities -- Maple Syrup: From Sap to Syrup
Join us for our annual "Maple Syruping in Your Backyard" workshop. Learn about the natural history of maple trees, and the history of making maple syrup. Find out what equipment is required, how to tap trees, and process sap into syrup. Schedule: March 4 (tree tapping), 10, 11, 17, 18, 25, 31, April 1. All events take place at 1:00 p.m.
February 1: New photos in Photo Gallery
January 24: Park Calendar Update: Maple Syrup in March
December 8: Last Three Days:
Fort Snelling State Park Nature Store
(Located in the Visitor's Center -- come to the park and follow the main road)
Ninth Annual Pre-Holiday Sale
Everything on sale until December 10!
December 8: Park Calendar Update: More
on New Year's Walk
November 27: Right: Even the turkeys enjoy the hikes
at Fort Snelling State Park!
(Photo by Dale E. Dennison)
Additional new photos in Photo Gallery
November 21: December Park Calendar Update: November Historic Buildings Tour, snowshoes, tracks, and other winter activities
November 20: Park Phenology for December:
Look for Red Osier Dogwood stems to turn bright red, and Snelling Lake to
freeze up around mid December. Annual Christmas Bird Counts also happen this
month around the state as a way to track bird populations and species.
Fort Snelling State Park Nature Store
Ninth Annual Pre-Holiday Sale
December 2-3, 5-10 (closed December 4)
25% off General Merchandise*
15% off Books
* Regular State Park merchandize priced as marked, some discounts apply
October 28
November/December Park Calendar Update:
Snowshoes, tracks, and other winter activities; history presentations
September 28
2006 Annual Meeting
scheduled for October 20
starting at 6:00 p.m.
Featuring an informal dinner
plus Scandinavian music by Move Over, Brita.
September 26
October Park Calendar Update: Bats and birds, skins and skulls -- just in time for Halloween!
September 28
2006 Annual Meeting
scheduled for October 20
starting at 6:00 p.m.
Featuring an informal dinner
plus Scandinavian music by Move Over, Brita.
September 26
October Park Calendar Update: Bats and birds, skins and skulls -- just in time for Halloween!
August 28
September Park Calendar Update: Birding, Historic Buildings,
Fall Colors, and more
August 17
Cowboy Dances coming for the final event of the 2006 Concert Series!
Pack a picnic supper and come to Picnic Island at Fort Snelling State Park by 6:30 p.m.
on Thursday, September 7 for a free performance of traditional Cowboy Dances by Dakota
Grand Squares. Traditional dances crossed the ocean from England and France in the
1600s. With the westward expansion of Euro-American settlers, these "cowboy
dances" changed to the dances we know today as Square Dances. Learn a
"cowboy dance" or two of your own during this performance with caller
Dan Sahlstrom. Audience participation is invited in this beautiful setting by
the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Square dance attire is optional!
Information: 612-725-2724, or see the story on the
Concert Series
August 4 The members of Cansa yapi Oyate lead the
audience in a dance on Picnic Island as part of the
Concert Series.
July 27
August Park Calendar Update: Gardening, Historic Buildings,
Talking Turkey, and more
July 21
Park Bench dedicated to Howard Olson,
former president of the Friends of Fort Snelling (pictured at left)
The Upper Bluff report now links to
Tom Dolan's Upper
Post Photos.
July 13
Concert Series Update
June 25
July Calendar Update
May 23
A photo report on the Upper Bluff and its
Most Endangered status is available
here.
May 21
June Calendar Update
Concert Series Update
May 10
Upper Bluff named Most Endangered
On May 10, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named
the Upper Post region of Fort Snelling, also known as the Upper Bluff,
as one of the eleven most critically endangered historic sites in the
country. This 141 acre site was developed starting in the 1870s,
and continued in operation until after World War II, but the buildings
have been largely abandoned in recent decades.
The photos at right show the exterior and the front entry of
Building 151, the former Bachelor Officers' Quarters. This building,
which is typical of those on the site, has damage to the roof,
is losing its interior plaster and paint, and had lost much of the
glass in its windows before they were boarded up. Some of the other
buildings have suffered interior structural damage as well.
We will have more details later.
April 26
Fort Snelling to host free Concert Series
December 29, 2005
Saint Paul Pioneer Press features
New use for an old fort:
Bonding proposal for Fort Snelling