Des Moines River Post
On the hill above the east bank of the river about a half a mile from here, stood the Des Moines River post, a log stockade erected in the late spring of 1864 by troops of the second Minnesota Cavalry as one of the frontier forts during the Sioux Outbreak. It was garrisoned until the summer of 1865.
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.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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