Disappointing Visit to Fort Snelling

By David Wrolson

We made a June 2018 visit to Fort Snelling at the junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Fort Snelling was crucial to the history of the Dakota (eastern Sioux).

The reason it was somewhat disappointing is because everything is now covered by trees. The fort itself was interesting and I will talk more about Snelling in future posts.

Below is a picture of Fort Snelling in the old days. As you can see, the fort is a commanding presence high on the bluffs.

Below are some pictures taken from the fort down towards the river.

While the pictures don't do it justice, trees are everywhere now. It was hard to get a taste of Fort Snelling as a commanding presence above the rivers. We also walked down to the river and, once again, trees were everywhere and you could not really see the fort.