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This Day in Minnesota History

January 4, 1850

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Fort Gaines is renamed Fort Ripley in honor of Eleazar Ripley, a general in the War of 1812. The fort would be abandoned in 1878, but the National Guard's Camp Ripley preserves the name.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: November 4, 2018