Fort Abercrombie
On the west bank of the Red River, at the head of navigation, about 1 mile west of here, stood Fort Abercrombie, begun by U. S. troops in August 1857 to protect the northwestern frontier against the Indians. The post withstood several Sioux attacks during the Outbreak of 1862, and was garrisoned until its abandonment in 1877.
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.
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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