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Bison herd in the park in spring. In 1961, three bison were acquired from the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska. [3] In 2012, the Minnesota Zoo and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources entered into an agreement to form a partnership and develop a Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd. [4]
The Upper Sioux Indian Reservation is located in Minnesota Falls Township along the Minnesota River in eastern Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, five miles (8.0 km) south of Granite Falls. It was created in 1938 when 746 acres (3.02 km 2 ) of land were returned to the tribe by the federal government, under the Indian Reorganization Act ...
Upper Sioux Agency (or Yellow Medicine Agency), was a federal administrative center in Minnesota established in response to treaties with the Dakota people in what became Yellow Medicine County. [2] Located on the Minnesota River south of Granite Falls, Minnesota , the government-run campus of employee housing, warehouses and a manual labor ...
Minnesota's Upper Sioux Agency State Park will permanently close to the public on Feb. 16, as the state gets ready to transfer the land to the nearby tribal community. The Minnesota Department of ...
The 22-acre (8.9 ha) Interstate State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Campground at the southwest end of the Minnesota park contains six contributing properties as well. These consist of three buildings—the 1938 Sanitation Building (restrooms at the west end of the picnic area), 1938 Shelter/Refectory (in the center of the picnic area), and 1941 ...
The park was expanded into the bluffs west of Highway 95 and a second campground added. A large tract was added in 1973, leapfrogging a rail line, and another 120 acres (0.49 km 2) came in 1986. William O'Brien remains one of the top five most-visited state parks in Minnesota.
The Superior National Forest features a long segment of the 4,800-mile North Country National Scenic Trail from just south of Burntside Lake by Ely to just south of Temperance River State Park near Schroeder. This segment includes (from West to East) the Kekekabic Trail, Border Route Trail, and Superior Hiking Trail.
Formerly a Minnesota state park, the site of the old settlement and river ford is now a State Historic Site [2] and a Minnesota State Monument. [3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Traverse des Sioux is located on the Minnesota River, once a major transportation route, in Nicollet County just north of the city of St ...