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Third Infantry passing in review for Maud Hart Lovelace

Third Infantry passing in review for Maud Hart Lovelace, author of Early Candlelight, which was set at Fort Snelling, September 1929.

World War I draftees from Brown County

Brown County draftees on their way to training camp, 1917.

Albert Pfaender

Albert Pfaender, 1934. Photograph by the Lee Brothers.

Black and white photograph of Dr. Louis A. Fritsche, c.1920.

Boy's suit worn by Josiah Snelling

Hand-sewn silk suit worn by Josiah Snelling as a young boy, c.1787.

Monument erected to the memory of Colonel Josiah Snelling

Monument erected to the memory of Colonel Josiah Snelling in front of the Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel, 1929.

Josiah Snelling

Black and white drawing of Colonel Josiah Snelling, c.1820.

Bravery at the Battle of Tippecanoe and during the War of 1812 distinguished the military career of Colonel Josiah Snelling, but he is best known for commanding Fort Snelling in the 1820s. It was the first permanent U.S. government outpost in what would become the state of Minnesota.

Bishop Henry B. Whipple preaching to the Dakota at the Fort Snelling concentration camp

Bishop Henry B. Whipple preaching to the Dakota at the Fort Snelling concentration camp, 1863.

Whipple, Henry Benjamin (1822–1901)

Henry Benjamin Whipple, the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, is known for his missionary work among the Dakota and Ojibwe and his efforts to reform the U.S. Indian administration system. After the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862, Whipple was one of the few white men to oppose the death sentences of 303 Dakota.

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