Chengwatana
A Chippewa village site at the outlet of Cross Lake 1½ miles east of here, after the opening of the St. Paul-Superior road, became a night stage stop. The town, platted in 1856, was garrisoned during the Indian troubles of the sixties. The choice of the present route by the railroad eventually destroyed the town.
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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