Fort Snelling

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United States Army post historic military fort

Fort Snelling is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota, significant for its roles in regional military history, westward expansion, and Native American relations.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Snelling canonical 8
Fort Snelling, Minnesota 3
Historic Fort Snelling 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army post ⓘ
historic military fort ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort St. Anthony (early name) ⓘ
architecturalStyle stone frontier fortification ⓘ
associatedWithEvent internment of Dakota people after the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Dakota people ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people
builder United States Army ⓘ
builtDuring 19th century ⓘ
category Forts in Minnesota ⓘ
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota ⓘ
completedIn 1825 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1820 ⓘ
controlledBy United States Army ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
currentUse historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
elevationAbove confluence of Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers ⓘ
function military training center ⓘ
regional command post ⓘ
garrisonedBy U.S. Army troops ⓘ
governingBody Minnesota Historical Society ⓘ
linked to: Minnesota History Center
hasPart Fort Snelling National Cemetery ⓘ
Fort Snelling State Park ⓘ
Historic Fort Snelling ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Minnesota River ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn Hennepin County ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minnesota ⓘ
Ramsey County ⓘ
linked to: Ramsey County, Minnesota
namedAfter Josiah Snelling ⓘ
near Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis

Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
partOf U.S. system of frontier forts ⓘ
significantFor U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
regional military history ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
timePeriodOfSignificance 19th century ⓘ
American frontier era ⓘ
U.S. Indian policy in the 19th century ⓘ
usedDuringConflict American Civil War ⓘ
U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ
linked to: Dakota War of 1862

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Mississippi Valley → contains → Fort Snelling ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport → locatedNear → Fort Snelling, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
METRO Blue Line → hasStation → Fort Snelling Station ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling → hasPart → Historic Fort Snelling ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
Richfield, Minnesota → borders → Fort Snelling, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
Wold–Chamberlain Field → locatedNear → Fort Snelling ⓘ
Josiah Snelling → significantPlace → Fort Snelling ⓘ
Josiah Snelling → associatedWith → Fort Snelling, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling National Cemetery → locatedNear → Fort Snelling ⓘ
Fort Snelling State Park → namedAfter → Fort Snelling ⓘ
Fort Snelling State Park → adjacentTo → Historic Fort Snelling ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
Fort St. Anthony → laterKnownAs → Fort Snelling ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort St. Anthony (early name)
Fort St. Anthony → predecessorOf → Fort Snelling ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort St. Anthony (early name)
Margaret Taylor → associatedWithLocation → Fort Snelling ⓘ