On this Date in Minnesota History: August 5

August 5, 1851 –“The Rosemount, [Minn.,] area was originally inhabited by the Lower Band of the Santee Sioux tribe. [On this date,] Chief Little Crow, the leader of the New Ulm Indian uprising, signed a treaty at Pilot Knob in Mendota, turning the land over to the federal government.”

http://www.ci.rosemount.mn.us/index.aspx?NID=292

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Little_crow_c1862.jpg

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