Hutchinson Stockade
This town was founded in 1855 by a group including the famous Hutchinson Family, entertainers, was sharply attacked by Little Crow on September 4, 1862, during the Sioux Outbreak. A stockade 100 feet square, erected on the present public square, was successfully defended by home guards, but several unprotected buildings were burned. The site is marked.
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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