Fort Blue Earth
Just after the beginning of the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, a log tavern, previously fortified during the Indian trouble of 1857, was hastily surrounded by a palisade. Later substantial fortifications were built, and the post was garrisoned by home guards and volunteer troops.
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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