Its perch over the converging point of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers allowed ... Upper Mississippi Valley. Today, Fort Snelling acts as a living history museum, with costumed tour guides ...

One of the most famous must-see historic landmarks in Minnesota is Fort Snelling, located on the Mississippi River. This military fort was built in the early 1800s and played a key role in the ...

Peter DeCarlo, Fort Snelling at Bdote: A Brief History (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016), 6–10 Hampton Smith, Confluence: A History of Fort Snelling (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical ...

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