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Old Fort Snelling, 1819-1858
Excerpt from Old Fort Snelling
The establishment in 1917 of a camp at Fort Snelling for the training of officers for the army has aroused curiosity in the history of Old Fort Snelling. Again as in the days of the pioneer settlement of the Northwest the Fort at the junc tion of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers has become an object of more than ordinary interest. Old Fort Snelling was established in 1819 with in the Missouri Territory on ground which later became a part of the Territory of Iowa. Not until 1849 was it included within Minnesota boundaries. Linked with the early annals of Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Northwest, the history of Old Fort Snell ing is the common heritage of many common wealths in the Upper Mississippi Valley.
The establishment in 1917 of a camp at Fort Snelling for the training of officers for the army has aroused curiosity in the history of Old Fort Snelling. Again as in the days of the pioneer settlement of the Northwest the Fort at the junc tion of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers has become an object of more than ordinary interest. Old Fort Snelling was established in 1819 with in the Missouri Territory on ground which later became a part of the Territory of Iowa. Not until 1849 was it included within Minnesota boundaries. Linked with the early annals of Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Northwest, the history of Old Fort Snell ing is the common heritage of many common wealths in the Upper Mississippi Valley.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1917
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January 31, 2018
Of incredible breadth, and handily organized by broad topic, this is perhaps the most rigorously sourced and indexed history of Fort Snelling and the surrounding area I've read yet, but it nonetheless is from an era (1918) just far enough removed to be a full standard deviation more objective than accounts from 40 to 60 years earlier, but not quite so far as to have much authorial sympathy for the ill-reputed characters that belong in any complete history of the place, or quite as much interest in the agency of Native players that a 21st century reader would hope for.
It's best used as a guide to finding the real primary sources, with the text itself serving only as a series of abstracts for the multitude of "real deal" reminiscences and correspondence listed in the back. Now, to see if the Minnesota Historical Society still lets an average caller page through the bound remnants of Maj. Taliaferro's personal diary...
It's best used as a guide to finding the real primary sources, with the text itself serving only as a series of abstracts for the multitude of "real deal" reminiscences and correspondence listed in the back. Now, to see if the Minnesota Historical Society still lets an average caller page through the bound remnants of Maj. Taliaferro's personal diary...
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