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It was the only Minnesota state park with a 9-hole golf course, which overlooks the Minnesota River and goes along Fort Ridgely Creek. The park was established in 1911. [ 2 ] The Civilian Conservation Corps Rustic Style buildings within the state park, built between 1934 and 1936, [ 3 ] are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Fort Ridgely Defenders Medal awarded at the dedication of the Fort Ridgely monument in 1896. Big Eagle's quote: "Ti-Yo-Pa Na-Ta-Ka-Pi" or "They Kept the Door Shut" is above the Fort. Fort Ridgely was a frontier United States Army outpost from 1851 to 1867, built 1853–1854 in Minnesota Territory .
1853 U.S. Army fort built to monitor the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation. Site of the Battle of Fort Ridgely during the Dakota War of 1862. Now a state park and historic site. [7] 7: Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources: Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
Fort Ridgely Creek is a stream in Nicollet County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1] It is a tributary of the Minnesota River . Fort Ridgely Creek flows past Fort Ridgely , from which the creek took its name.
State Highway 4 serves as a north–south route between Sherburn, Saint James, Sleepy Eye, Fairfax, Hector, Paynesville, and Meire Grove in southwest and west-central Minnesota. Highway 4 parallels U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 15 throughout its route. Fort Ridgely State Park is located on Highway 4 in Nicollet County on the Minnesota River.
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior; Holmquist, June D., ed. (1981). They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87351-155-7. Huck, Barbara (2002). Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America. Winnipeg: Heartland. ISBN 1-896150-04-7.
The Fort Ridgely Road began in southwest Minnesota near present-day New Ulm and entered the Dakota Territory near Lake Benton. It crossed the Big Sioux River near Lake Campbell , continued south of Lake Thompson , and crossed the James River near present-day Forestburg before continuing on to the Missouri River south of Fort Lookout (near ...