Fort Britt
When news of the Spirit Lake massacre reached Chain Lakes in the spring of 1857, the settlers erected a six-sided log fort on the George Britts claim just east of here and named it for him. In August 1857 the fort was enlarged and settlers did guard duty for some weeks, but no attack occurred.
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.
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