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Camp Ripley is a 53,000-acre (210 km 2) military and civilian training facility operated by the Minnesota National Guard near the city of Little Falls in the central part of the state. The location of the camp was selected in 1929 by Ellard A. Walsh, Adjutant General of the State of Minnesota.
The museum, which is open to the general public year-round, is located a few blocks inside the main gate at Camp Ripley, a state-owned 53,000 acres (21,000 ha; 83 sq mi) military training center located on the Mississippi River just north of Little Falls in central Minnesota.
War Chief Mou-zoo-mau-nee and 300 warriors remained at Ripley to augment in its defense, 200 from the Mille Lacs band along with 100 from the Sandy Lake and Snake River and Chippewa River Bands. According to Chief Mou-zoo-mau-nee's obituary the people of Little Falls asked for protection. The town was 15 miles downriver from the fort.
The Little Elk River rises in Morrison County and flows east to discharge into the Mississippi just north of Little Falls, picking up the flow of the South Branch of the Little Elk River at Randall. The Mississippi also receives the flow of the Nokasippi River just above Camp Ripley.
Camp Ripley Training Center, located near Little Falls, Minn., is a 53,000-acre (210 km 2) regional training installation featuring ranges and facilities to support military and civilian agency training requirements. [16] See detailed list of Minnesota National Guard units.
Camp Ripley Bridge, also known as Bridge 4969, is the only remaining unified road–rail bridge over the Mississippi River. [2] It carries both a railroad spur line and Minnesota State Highway 115 at Camp Ripley in Morrison County .
Camp Ripley vicinity: Minnesota's only unified road–rail bridge, built in 1930 as the key transportation connection for Camp Ripley, the state's first and most significant Minnesota National Guard reservation. Better known as the Camp Ripley Bridge. [7] 4: Burton-Rosenmeier House: Burton-Rosenmeier House: March 13, 1986 : 606 1st St. SE
The city of Fort Ripley is geographically in Fort Ripley Township but is a separate entity. Fort Ripley is between Little Falls and Brainerd along Minnesota State Highway 371 near Over the Hill Road and Crow Wing County Road 2. The Mississippi River, the Nokasippi River, and the Little Nokasippi River are all in the vicinity.