Tours focusing on Dakota Bdote and 1862 War start Memorial Day

By Deborah Locke Starting Memorial Day weekend, two Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) tours focusing on Dakota history at the site of fort Snelling and Bdote will begin. Bdote is Dakota for the place where two waters (Mississippi and Minnesota rivers) come together. The Bdote/Dakota Homeland walking tour explores the landscape just outside the fort and the […]

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