Oak Grove Mission
In 1843, after 9 years of labor among the Sioux of Minnesota, chiefly near Lake Calhoun, the pioneer missionaries, Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond, built a log mission station overlooking the Minnesota River near the present Nicollet Avenue. The log house was replaced in 1856 by a brick house, still standing which bears a tablet.
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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