Bicentennial Monument

Historical marker location:

Bayport, Minnesota

( Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street North (State Highway 95) and 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling north on 3rd Street North.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.