Talk:Fort Snelling, Minnesota

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Contents 1 Fort Saint Anthony construction predates Fort Snelling 2 References 3 Mapping the Frontier Military Road 4 See also 5 Are there any females living there?

[edit] Fort Saint Anthony construction predates Fort Snelling

Based upon MNHS information displayed during a personal mid-July 2006 site visit:

The original installation was begun in 1820 by LCOL Henry Leavenworth.^[1] Construction of Fort Saint Anthony continued until 1825 when it received its current name upon completion in honor of Colonel Josiah Snelling. He commanded the regiment that finished building it, and oversaw most of its construction.

[edit] References

1. ^ Dakota County Historical Society

-- geoWIZard-Passports 11:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mapping the Frontier Military Road

Fort Snelling was the northern-most outpost protecting commercial fur trading interests along the pre-1830's demarcation line of the U.S. Government's treaty-based "Indian Territory" ... The 1823 land and watershed survey expeditions supported by Fort St. Anthony helped guide future developments in the Wisconsin Territory.

[edit] See also

• Giacomo Beltrami - Upper Mississippi River Basin mapping expedition in 1823
• Fort Scott National Historic Site - Supplied by Fort Leavenworth wagon trains
• Stephen H. Long with the Permanent Indian Frontier Army's Topographical Engineers
• Patrolling the Indian Frontier

-- geoWIZard-Passports 12:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are there any females living there?

The census says there are 0.09. Kusma (討論) 12:24, 2 November 2006 (UTC)