Fort Alexandria
The military road to Fort Abercrombie became tremendously important with the beginning of the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, and early that same fall a strong stockaded log post was erected just south of this point by volunteer troops. Military patrols constantly covered the road in both directions, and the garrison was maintained until 1866.
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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