Project Gutenberg 2007-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 125 Hansen, Marcus Lee 1892 1938 Hansen, M. L. (Marcus Lee) 18027166 Old Fort Snelling, 1819-1858 Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by K Nordquist, Sigal Alon, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Old Fort Snelling, 1819-1858" by Marcus Lee Hansen is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the establishment and significant role of Old Fort Snelling in the American frontier during the 19th century, particularly focusing on its function as a military post and its interactions with Indigenous tribes and settlers. Hansen delves into the broader historical context of the region, highlighting the fort's importance in the American expansion and its connections to various territories in the Upper Mississippi Valley. The opening of the work sets the stage for a detailed examination of Fort Snelling's history. It begins with an introduction that highlights the fort's establishment in 1819 and its subsequent developments up to its abandonment in 1858. The author discusses the geopolitical dynamics of the area, including its historical ties to French, English, and Spanish influences before American control. The narrative illustrates how the fort became integral to the governance and military presence in the growing American West, focusing on the lives of soldiers, interactions with Indigenous tribes, and the fort's economic and strategic significance during early American expansion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fort Snelling (Minn.) F590.3 Text Browsing: History - American 754627 754621 2024-10-10T05:02:19.643358 2023-09-10T08:25:43.063586 text/html text/html 720297 2021-01-03T01:45:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 839705 2021-01-03T01:45:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 912746 2024-10-10T05:02:35.315169 application/epub+zip 913325 2024-10-10T05:02:22.331168 application/epub+zip 300196 2024-10-10T05:02:20.798327 application/epub+zip 1177443 2024-10-10T05:02:43.281040 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1101103 2024-10-10T05:02:33.954197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470123 2022-09-10T14:52:02.914152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473421 473299 2024-10-10T05:02:16.285206 2023-09-10T08:25:40.008595 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 473244 2021-01-03T01:45:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 169548 2021-01-03T01:45:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 473244 2021-01-03T01:45:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169488 2021-01-03T01:45:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20790 2024-10-10T05:02:43.433075 application/rdf+xml 16235 2024-10-10T05:02:21.271181 image/jpeg 2159 2024-10-10T05:02:21.142138 image/jpeg 842706 2024-10-10T05:02:19.711248 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog