In 1805 Colonel Josiah Snelling erected a stone fortress at the point where the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers merged, on territory secured by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike in a treaty with the Sioux chief Little Crow. Evan Jones describes the intriguing history of Fort Snelling, the Gibraltar of the West, its effect on the Native Americans of the region, and its role in the westward movement.
- ISBN10 0816638799
- ISBN13 9780816638796
- Publish Date 1 May 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Minnesota Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English