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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CL1_the-treaty-of-traverse-des-sioux_St-Peter-MN.html
Near this place on July 23, 1851, the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of the Dakota sold 21 million acres of land to the federal government for $1,665,000—about 7.5 cents per acre. The Dakota, hoping to ensure a future for their children, had li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CKB_a-minority-in-their-homeland-u-s-dakota-conflict_Fairfax-MN.html
A Minority in Their Homeland For generations, the land stretching out around you was the homeland of the Dakota Indians. Through treaties in 1851, the Dakota sold all of their land in southern Minnesota. The treaties disregarded Dakota people's tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAX_fort-ridgely-state-monument_Fairfax-MN.html
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IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN; IN RECOGNITIONOF THE LIVING; AND FOR THE EMULATIONOF FUTURE GENERATIONS. Erected A.D. 1896, by the State of Minnesota, to preserve the site of Fort Ridgely, a United States military post established in 1853, and es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAN_chief-mou-zoo-mau-nee-state-monument_Fairfax-MN.html
Erected by the State of Minnesota in recognition of, and to commemorate the loyal and efficient services rendered to the State by Chief Mou-Zoo-Mau-Nee and the Chippewa Indians during the Sioux out-break and the civil war.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CA8_eliza-m-ller-state-monument_Fairfax-MN.html
The Stateof Minnesota tothe Memory ofMrs Eliza M?ller1877Her valor and her devotion to the care of the sick and wounded soldiers and refugees during and after the Sioux Indian outbreak of 1862 will forever be cherished in the hearts of a grateful …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9M_captain-john-s-marsh-state-monument_Fairfax-MN.html
Erected by the State ofMinnesota1873Built by Sullivan & Terry, Mankato.
In memory of Capt. John S. Marsh · First Serg't Russell H. Findley · Serg't Solon A. Trescott · Corp'l Joseph S. Besse · Private Charles R. Bel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9B_to-the-memory-of-hazen-mooers_Fairfax-MN.html
Arrived in 1816Becoming the First White Settler of This Community
Donated & Erected by B. J. Krahn 1940
Hazen Mooers one of the pioneers of the fur trade with the Sioux, came to the no. west in 1816 conducted a trading post at Big Stone Lake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C91_joseph-laframboise_Fairfax-MN.html
1826?? Licensed U.S. fur buyer with H. H. Sibley. 1834?? Owned Little Rock Trading Post on the Minnesota River. 1837?? Interpreter for Indian Treaty at Fort Snelling and Washington D.C. 1838-39?? Guide for Jean N. Nicollet, U.S. Gov't Cartographer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BUP_fort-ridgely_Fairfax-MN.html
FORT RIDGELY
Fort Ridgely both contradicts and fits the popular culture stereotype of a frontier fort. Following its 1855 completion, the Fort's primary role was to assist the federal government with an orderly transition of land ownership from A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AEG_the-bornemann-house_St-Peter-MN.html
First property owner was Wm. B. Dodd. Fourth property owner, Adolph Bornemann, born in Traverse des Sioux 1862. His father, Bernhard, a journalist from Germany came to Traverse des Sioux in 1856; built a hotel & raised sheep. 1869, the Bornemanns …