Fond du Lac

Historical marker location:

Duluth, Minnesota

( Marker is on West 3rd Street (State Highway 23) west of 130th Avenue West, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1956

The US-Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, was a conflict between the Dakota Sioux and the United States. The war resulted in the execution of 38 Dakota men, the largest mass execution in U.S. history.