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The People and Stories of Fort Snelling
Scroll down to learn more about the Native Peoples, The Fur Trade, Soldiers and Veterans, Enslaved People and Immigrant stories. Bonus: Educators, Students, and Historians discuss what Fort Snelling has meant to them in the Minnesota Historical Society's Video Series: What Fort Snelling Means to Me
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Visit a local treasure... Historic Fort Snelling January 2nd 2023 Established in the early 19th century as a frontier outpost, Fort...
Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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Abigail Hunt Snelling was more than a helpmate at the early years of the fort bearing her name
By Curt Brown Special to the Star Tribune View original post A look at the pioneer woman, who arrived at the confluence of the Minnesota...
Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Sep 28, 20204 min read
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The Minnesota Daughters of the American Revolution is exciting to be a part of the bi-centennial
In celebration of Fort Snelling's Bicentennial, MNSSDAR is joining with the Friends of Fort Snelling and MHHS share the Fort's stories
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May 7, 20201 min read
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Book Release: Fort Snelling and the Civil War
One hundred fifty years ago, Minnesota offered the first volunteers to defend the Union in the fight against slavery.
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Sep 10, 20194 min read
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Slavery made its mark here in Minnesota, too
Dred Scott sued for his freedom after living here, and the Minnesota Constitution outlawed slavery before the 13th amendment. Two...
Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Aug 30, 20195 min read
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The oldest murder mystery in Minnesota begins at Fort Snelling
The oldest murder mystery in Minnesota begins at Fort Snelling in 1838. Edward Phalen was a 27-year-old soldier stationed at the fort. An...
Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Aug 27, 20194 min read
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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...
Bruce A Peterson, Editor
Jul 8, 20191 min read
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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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Jun 17, 20192 min read
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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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Jun 13, 20194 min read
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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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Jun 12, 20191 min read
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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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May 23, 20194 min read
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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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May 21, 20192 min read
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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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May 21, 20193 min read
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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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May 21, 20192 min read
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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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May 21, 20193 min read
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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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May 10, 20191 min read
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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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May 10, 20193 min read
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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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May 10, 20194 min read
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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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May 10, 20196 min read
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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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May 10, 20193 min read
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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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May 10, 20191 min read
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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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May 10, 20195 min read
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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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May 10, 20193 min read
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The Dakota People
Staff @ The Minnesota Historical Society Dakota people are comprised of four groups: The Bdewakantunwan (Mdewakanton), Wahpetunwan...
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Apr 30, 20195 min read
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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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Apr 25, 20193 min read
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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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Apr 12, 20192 min read
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