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Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The military site was initially named Fort Saint Anthony , but it was renamed Fort Snelling once its construction was completed in 1825.
Fort Snelling is an unorganized territory of Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is named after historic Fort Snelling , which is located within its boundaries. [ 1 ] The district also includes Coldwater Spring park, Fort Snelling National Cemetery , Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport , parts of the Mississippi National ...
Fort Snelling State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. For many centuries, the area of the modern park has been of importance to the Mdewakanton Dakota people who consider it the center of the Earth.
Fort Snelling was a frontier fort first established in 1819. Its original purpose was to keep the peace on what was then the western frontier. During the American Civil War it served as a recruiting camp area for Minnesota volunteers. The cemetery was officially established in 1870.
Confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers at Bdote (Pike Island, Minnesota) Bdóte (English: / b ˈ d ɔː t ɛ / [1] "ba-DOTE-tay"; lit. ' place where two rivers meet ' or ' confluence '; deprecated spelling Mdote [2]) is a significant [1] Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring, Indian Mounds ...
Employees at Fort Snelling National Cemetery say they see bald eagles all the time. Related: 2015 Memorial Day observations around the country More from AOL.com:
Pike Island is part of Fort Snelling State Park and is within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.The Pike Island hiking trail is a 3.7-mile (6.0 km), natural surface loop that follows the exterior of the island to the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers and reaches a sandy beachhead. [14]
Coldwater Spring (Dakota: Mní Ówe Sní) is a spring in the Fort Snelling unorganized territory of the U.S. state of Minnesota, that is considered a sacred site by the Dakota people, and was also the site of the U.S. Army's Camp Coldwater for troops that constructed Fort Snelling.