15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie, Georgia.

15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie, Georgia

Quarters of the Fifteenth Regiment at Fort McKenzie, c.1898.

15th regiment moved from Camp Ramsey on the State Fairgrounds to try and control the spread of typhoid fever.

15th regiment moved from Camp Ramsey on the State Fairgrounds to try and control the spread of typhoid fever

Temporary dwellings of the Fifteenth Regiment after abandoning the Fairgrounds, c.1898.

Detail view of a map made in 185 by Jean-Baptiste Louis Franquelin. Text surrounding Lake Mille Lacs (at center left, labelled here as Lac de Buade) identifies the area as inhabited by the "Issatis," or Santee Dakota. The map provides some of the earliest extant textual evidence of a Dakota community at Lake Mille Lacs.

1600s map marking Lake Mille Lacs (Lac de Buade) as the home of the "Issatis" (Santee Dakota)

Detail view of a copy of a map made in 1688 by Jean-Baptiste Louis Franquelin. Text surrounding Lake Mille Lacs (at center left, labelled here as Lac de Buade) identifies the area as inhabited by the "Issatis," or Santee Dakota. The map provides some of the earliest extant textual evidence of a Dakota community at Lake Mille Lacs.

Detail view of a map made in 1685 by Jean-Baptiste Louis Franquelin. Lake Mille Lacs (at center left) is labelled as "Lac des Sioux, suggesting that the area was known as a home for Dakota people as early as the seventeenth century.

1600s map with Lake Mille Lacs labelled Lake of the Sioux (Lac des Sioux)

Detail view of a map made in 1685 and 1686 by Jean-Baptiste Louis Franquelin. Lake Mille Lacs (at center left) is labelled as "Lac des Sioux" (Lake of the Sioux), suggesting that the area was known as a home for Dakota people as early as the seventeenth century.

Black and white photograph of a Dakota treaty delegation in Washington, 1858.

1858 treaty delegation

Members of the Dakota treaty delegation in Washington, 1858. Included in the delegation are members of the Métis community: Antoine (Joseph) Campbell (standing second from left), Thomas A Robertson (standing second from left), and Nathaniel Brown (standing at right).

Color image of an 1859 Sharps rifle.

1859 Sharps rifle

1859 Sharps rifle.

1870 State Senate of Minnesota

1870 State Senate of Minnesota

Governor, Lt. Governor, Senate of the State of Minnesota, 1870. Photo by Alexander St. Clair.

Black and white photograph of a 1872 horsecar compared to a new electric motor streetcar, May 3, 1921. Photographed by C.J. Hibbard.

1872 horsecar compared to a new electric motor streetcar

1872 horsecar compared to a new electric motor streetcar, May 3, 1921. Photographed by C.J. Hibbard.

Image depicting the 1876 Chaska brick Wendelin and Julianna Grimm house, showing 1924 Grimm alfalfa marker in foreground, 2004.

1876 Chaska brick Wendelin and Julianna Grimm house, showing 1924 Grimm alfalfa marker in foreground

Image depicting the 1876 Chaska brick Wendelin and Julianna Grimm house, showing 1924 Grimm alfalfa marker in foreground, 2004.

1879 Harmony Train Depot, ca. 2018

1879 Harmony Train Depot

The north side of the historic 1879 Harmony Train Depot, which is now a gift shop called the Village Depot. Photo taken in May 2018.

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