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	Contents Stories Sources Search Credits Links Home	Old Fort Snelling   Image Archive:    (big thumbnails)     (medium)     (small)    Back to the Story           Click to enlarge image: large (1000 pixels) Fort Snelling as it looked in the 1840s is shown in this painting by Henry Lewis. The island seen in the foreground carries the name of Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, who met there with the Dakota Indians in 1805 and bought the land for the fort.

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