DAKOTA (SIOUX) MEMORIAL * 1862 The last act of the Minnesota Dakota (Sioux) War took place here in Mankato on December 26, 1862 when thirty-eight Dakota Indians died in a mass execution on...
MINNESOTA RIVER STEAMBOATING Following the usual pattern of river town development, steamboating was essential for Mankato, from its founding in 1852 until the arrival of the first railroad...