Confluence: A History of Fort Snelling

Compelling stories from behind—and around—the massive limestone walls of Minnesota's major historic site, told 200 years after their construction.

Fort Snelling, a foundational place in the story of Minnesota, was built 200 years ago at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, an area known to the Dakota people as Bdote. For millennia, Bdote has been a vital and sacred place for the native peoples of the region. It is also the "birthplace of Minnesota," the site where citizen...