St. Croix Boom Site

Historical marker location:

Stillwater, Minnesota

( Marker is on Saint Croix Trail (State Highway 95 at milepost 101), 1.3 miles north of Dellwood Road (State Highway 96), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1937

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.