Fort Snelling

Westward Expansion, Treaty Agreements, and the Founding of the Fort

In 1805, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike of the United States Army conducted a treaty agreement with the Sioux Nation in which he acquired what is now known as Pike’s Purchase, two large tracts of land which included the Bdote region. Shortly after the agreement, the United States Department of War built a chain of forts in the region to protect against British invasion from Canada. In 1819, Fort Saint Anthony was founded, but upon its completion in 1825, it was renamed Fort Snelling in honor of its architect, U.S. Army Colonel Josiah Snelling.

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