Sioux Village Site
At this point the highway crosses an old village site, occupied some 200 years ago by the Sioux Indians. To the westward, extending towards Borden Lake lies a large group of conical burial mounds, and associated with them is a rude enclosure or fort consisting of five low linear mounds or embankments.
Verbatim 1940 text, presented as a historical record, not current interpretation. Minnesota now calls the 1862 conflict the U.S.-Dakota War and has since replaced the wording on some of these signs.
USGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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