The Dustin Massacre

Historical marker location:

Howard Lake, Minnesota

( Marker is on 60th Street SW (U.S. 12) 0.4 miles west of Keats Avenue SW, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1963

The first European to explore Minnesota was French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634. He traveled along Lake Michigan and the Fox River and likely reached the present-day state of Minnesota.