This document, dated June 26, 1838, permits Henry Sibley to trade with the Mdewakanton Dakota at the St. Peters (Minnesota) River near Fort Snelling for one year.
Red Wing's leading quarry owner G.A. Carlson built this 1882 Barn Bluff limestone kiln near the Milwaukee Road's tracks. He wished to facilitate shipments of lime and cement. The kiln, pictured about 1885, still exists.