Fort Ridgely
Built in 1853 to control the Sioux just removed to reservations on the upper Minnesota River by the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. Under the command of Lieutenant Timothy Sheehan it withstood Sioux attacks on August 20 and 22, 1862, and checked the Indian advance down the valley. Now a State Park.
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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