Marker at the site of Roberts' trading post (used before and during the US–Dakota War of 1862) erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society in 1898. Photo by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013.

Marker erected at the site of Forbes' trading post (important before and during the US–Dakota War of 1862) by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society in 1898. Photo by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013.

Marker at the site of Andrew Myrick's trading post erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society in 1898. Photo by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013.

Marker at the site of military trials of Dakota men conducted after the US–Dakota War of 1862. Erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society in 1898. Photo by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013.

Marker erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society at the site of the Battle of Birch Coulee. Photograph by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013.

Face (without text) of the "Faithful Indians" monument erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society at the site of the Battle of Birch Coulee in Renville County, Minnesota.

Face of the "Faithful Indians" monument erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society at the site of the Birch Coulee battlefield. Photo by K. Linzmeier, September 25, 2013.

Marker erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society at the site of the Battle of Birch Coulee in Renville County, Minnesota. View from County Road 2 looking southwest. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, September 1, 2012. CC BY-SA 3.0.

The "Faithful Indians" Monument and interpretive signage erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society at the site of the Birch Coulee battlefield, Renville County, Minnesota, United States. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Myotus, June 9, 2011. CC BY-SA 4.0.

The "Faithful Indians" Monument, fifty-two feet in height, erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society at the Birch Coulee battlefield site in Renville County, Minnesota. Photo by K. Linzmeier, September 25, 2013.