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1. Artwork - "Spirit of 1862"

   Artwork print titled "Spirit of 1862". Created by McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehman with photographer Jon Otteson for Rehman's submission for the Night of the Arts' Celebrity Art Auction held June 1, 2012 at the McLeod County Fairgrounds, Hutchinson. The collage of Civil War and 1862 Conflict era artifacts and photographs pictured were from the collections of the McLeod County Historical Museum. Rehmann and Otteson used the pieces to create a...

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2. Bag, Powder - Black powder leather pouch

   Black powder leather pouch with shoulder strap and brass spring action device on the open end of the pouch. Used in the Hutchinson Stockade during the Indian Outbreak. Given by William Dewing.

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3. Clipping, Newspaper - American House, Hutchinson

   Newspaper clipping photograph of Hutchinson's first hotel, the old American House. Undated. Mounted on cardboard. Marked on back as a loan to the Historical Society June 26, 1915(?) by W. H. Hartman. The main right hand part of the American House was built by Jack Dieter. Wm. Sumner bought and moved it to the corner later occupied by J. A. Tmey's clothing store. He added the wing and porch and it stood at the location for some 30 years. Me...

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4. Gunpowder - Black powder saved by Ellen Pendergast Harrington

   Glass vial of black powder saved by Ellen Pendergast Harrington; saved from cartridges used with musket balls during the Indian outbreak.

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5. Lithograph - Company B, 3d Regiment, Minn Volunteer Inf.

   Color lithograph "Soldiers' Memorial" for Company B, 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, mustered into United States Service November 15th, 1861. by Captain A. D. Nelson, 10th Infantry U.S.A. at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lithographers. Entered in year 1863 by J. W. Waterman in clerk's office of District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Paragraphs at the top corners describe the history of the regiment, in...

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6. Map - Hutchinson, MN Stockade sketch

   Scanned map of the Hutchinson, MN Stockade c.1862 showing the grounds and military quarters. The timber stockade eight feet high was completed August 27, 1862 and sheltered over 400 settlers. Soldiers led by Capt. Richard Strout marched from Fort Snelling through Brooklyn Center and other towns on their way to central Minnesota. The 9th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment Company B arrived in Hutchinson just in time for the attack on September 4. Af...

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7. Map - Stockade, Hutchinson, MN, 1862

   Scanned laminated map of the Hutchinson Stockade c.1862 showing the grounds and military quarters. The timber stockade eight feet high was completed August 27, 1862 and sheltered over 400 settlers. Soldiers led by Capt. Richard Strout marched from Fort Snelling through Brooklyn Center and other towns on their way to central Minnesota. The 9th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment Company B arrived in Hutchinson just in time for the attack on September ...

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8. Portrait - Daniel Cross

   Charcoal portrait of Daniel Cross. He is dressed in suit and tie. Daniel was killed in the 1862 Dakota Uprising.

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9. Postcard - John Other Day

   Postcard showing a black & white photograph of John Other Day (Anpetu-Tokeka), who rescued 62 persons from the Massacre in 1862. Taken at New Ulm, Mn, 1912. Published by St. Paul Souvenir Co. Unsent postcard.

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10. Postcard - Target Tree, August 17,1862

    Black and white photographic postcard showing a lone tree standing in a harvested grain field. This tree called the "Target Tree" was located on the spot of the first blood shed at Acton Township, MN in the U.S.-Dakota War, Aug 27,1862.

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11. Print, Photographic - 1942 WPA Mural Singers, Indians, Stockade

    Digital color photograph of the 1942 WPA mural named "Singers, Indians, Stockade" by its Minnesota artist Elsa Jemne. It is displayed at the Hutchinson, MN Post Office. At the left it depicts Martha Harrington Merrill as a little girl peeking out of a hole in the stockade during the 1862 Dakota Conflict. Founding musicians John, Judson, and Asa Hutchinson appear in the center, and Dakota Indians torching Hutchinson's first school building...

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12. Print, Photographic - 2008 Oakland Cemetery tour

    Color photograph from the September 21, 2008 Oakland Cemetery tour. Micalie Kempfert as Julia Ells, left in the photograph. Rita Allen as Sarah Harrington, right in the photograph. Micalie and Rita are wearing attire from the 1800s. Julia Ells and Sarah Harrington are credited with the decision to defend Hutchinson at the time of the Stockade during the Dakota Conflict of 1862.

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13. Print, Photographic - Birch Coulee Monument

    Cabinet card photograph of the Birch Coolie (sic) Monument. The story of 1862 battles is on the back. Dedicated in 1894. Photographed by N. B. Andersen, Redwood Falls, Minn.

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14. Print, Photographic - Chief Little Crow statue & monument

    Composite black and white photograph of the first statue of Chief Little Crow and the monument erected near the site he was killed. The Little Crow statue, sculpted by Les Kouba in 1937, was located by the Hutchinson, MN dam. The monument, erected in 1929, is located north of Hutchinson in Meeker County. The plaque on the monument reads: "Chief Little Crow, leader of the Sioux Indian outbreak in 1862, was shot and killed about 330 feet south o...

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15. Print, Photographic - Glencoe cemetery stone-Samuel & Laura White

    Color photograph of a cemetery stone in Glencoe, MN cemetery marked "Samuel and Laura White, Killed by Indians at Lake Addie, September 22, 1862, aged 52 and 45 years". The stone was located 150' north of the flagpole.

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16. Print, Photographic - Mr. & Mrs. Silas J. Green

    Black and white photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Silas J. Green. Silas Green was admired for his knack of woodcarving. He was a friend of the Vollmer family and lived in Winsted, MN for a time, c.1876. Mounted on gray photo board. In 1862 (August 13 to November 1) he was third sergeant with the Hutchinson Home Guard that protected Hutchinson, MN during the Sioux Indian Uprising. He is buried at Long Lake, MN in the cemetery next to Highway 12. Not...

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17. Print, Photographic - Samuel & Laura White grave stone

    Color photograph of a cemetery stone in Glencoe, MN cemetery with "Samuel and Laura White killed by Indians at Lake Addie, September 22, 1862, aged 52 and 45 years. The stone was located 150' north of the flagpole.

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18. Print, Photographic - Samuel & Laura White grave stone

    Color photograph of a cemetery stone in Glencoe, MN cemetery with "Samuel and Laura White killed by Indians at Lake Addie, September 22, 1862, aged 52 and 45 years. The stone was located 150' north of the flagpole.

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19. Print, Photographic - Stockade Marker-Hutchinson, MN

    Black and white photograph of the plaque on a rock in Hutchinson, MN Library Square, noting: "This tablet marks the site of a stockade built by the settlers of Hutchinson and vicinity for protection against the Sioux Indians. Sept. 4, 1862, Chief Little Crow's band attacked the stockade and was repulsed. Erected October 4, 1905". Photographed in 1985.

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20. Print, Photographic - White Family Monument

    Color photograph of the White Family Monument prior to the dedication in 1982. The monument is located outside Brownton, MN.

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