Lake St. Croix

Historical marker location:

Stillwater, Minnesota

( Marker can be reached from Lookout Trail North,, 0.3 miles south of Main Street South (Minnesota Highway 36 / 95), on the left when traveling south.)

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.