Fort Snelling
, historic site, on a W bluff above the
junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, Hennipen co., SE
Minn., 7 mi/11.3 km SSE of Minneapolis, and
7 mi/11.3 km SW of St. Paul, in Fort Snelling
Park, at E edge of Minneapolis-St. Paul Internatl. Airport;
45°53'N 93°10'W. It served as a regional protective barrier and as
a nucleus for settlement. Minneapolis and St. Paul grew N and E of the
fort, beginning in the mid-1800s; now partially restored. Fort Snelling
Natl. Cemetery to S. Est. 1820.
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