A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Postcard image of downtown store at 700 Nicollet Ave., 1912.
Brigadier General Seth Eastman, ca.1860.
Graphite drawing of Fort Snelling showing landing road with root cellars beneath it and Dakota people in the foreground, c.1856. Drawing by B. C. H.
Watercolor painting of the interior of Fort Snelling, c.1853. Painting by George F. Fuller.
Prairie just beyond the north side of Fort Snelling, ca.1847. Painting by Seth Eastman.
Watercolor painting of Fort Snelling, ca. 1844, by John Casper Wild. Pike Island is to the right; Frot Snelling is in the background; Mendota is to the left.
Lithograph of Fort Snelling, showing additional buildings on the landing, 1830. Artist unknown.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Leavenworth, c.1820.
Oil on canvas painting of Colonel Josiah Snelling, c.1818. Artist unknown.
Fort Snelling, c.1835. Oil on canvas painting by David Geister, 2006.