Communities in Minnesota that have hosted the Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride in 2013 and later years.

Communities where the Ride will be Hosted

Page 2 - Minnesota

Thank you to all the Communities along the way. You feed, water and shelter our faithful horses and you house and feed us. Without your support we could not complete the Ride.

Pipestone

A Sacred area for many Tribes around the States. The red pipestone also known as Catlinite is mined in the Quarries at the National Monument. The stone is used to make the Sacred Pipes or Canunpas that are smoked in ceremonies.

Winter in the Pipestone National Monument. The trail looks magical with the ice and snow.

Winter Photo courtesy of Mylan Ray of Pipestone
Thanks Mylan

The Three Maidens are of the Monument where many ceremonies take place. This beautiful scene shows this sacred spot through the Mists of Time.

Photo couresy of Rave Rambow of Pipestone. Thanks Dave

The Ride at the Monument in 2010

Photo from Pipestone County Star newspaper.

Little Feather Indian Center.
317 4th Street North East, Pipestone, MN 56164

605-864-8547 (Alice)

The Riders will be hosted at the Little Feather Indian Center as it has been since 2008. Alice Erickson (Dakota) and her group of wonderful helpers have fed the Riders for an evening meal and breakfast since then. Chuck Derby, (Running Elk), her brother and my late husband, asked us before he passed away in 2010 to continue hosting and helping the Ride and we have. He loved the Ride, it's aims and it's healing power and wanted to support it every year. We all do the work in Chuck's name, in his memory.

Russell

Russell in the 1920's

RUSSELL, a city in section 19, Lyon County, founded in May 1888, platted on January 19, 1889, and incorporated September 2, 1898, was named for Russell Spicer, son of a promoter of the building of the branch railway. The post office, begun in 1889, was first located in Ephraim Skyhawk's store, his family for some time having been the only residents; the store and an elevator and section house for the Willmar and Sioux Falls Railroad were built in 1888.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

The Redwood River flows through the city. Minnesota State Highways 23 and 91 are two of the main routes in the community.

Russell City Hall
106 River Street
PO Box 357
Russell MN 56169

Phone: (507) 823-4366
Fax: (507) 823-4740

The Riders will be staying at the Russell Community Center overnight.

View of Russell in 1910

2020: In memory of Roger Lee Hook (Russell, MN)
February 19, 1959 - November 2, 2020

Thanks for all you did for the Ride every year. You will be missed by all who know you.

Vesta

Vesta Face Book Page

Vesta City Hall
150 West Front Street
Vesta
Minnesota 56292

507-762-3140

The Riders will be staying at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Grab n Go Lunch by the Living Word Church Oyate Club and Multicultural Students Services will host the evening meal with presentation to follow.

1501 State St, Marshall, MN 56258,

Morton

You will now be in the area where the 1862 History took place. Morton is the town, but the Lower Sioux Agency is the Dakota area. The Jackpot Junction Casino is located here.

History is found all around this area. the Lower Sioux History Center is a good museum to visit if it is open. It is worth contacting them prior to arriving in the area.

Jackpot Junction Casino & Hotel

Lower Sioux History Center
32469 County Highway 2
Morton MN 56270

(507) 697-6321
Email: lowersioux@mnhs.org

Battle of Birch Coulee Monuments and Battlefield
Morton MN 56270

(507) 697-6321

The Riders will be staying either at the Community Center or Jackpot Junction

There will be a Wacipi in the Community Center on the 21st December. This is a rest day for the Riders.

MC is Dave Larson

Drum is Elk Soldier

Fort Ridgley

72404 County Road 30
Fairfax, MN 55332

Built in 1853 as a police station to keep peace as settlers poured into the former Dakota lands, it withstood several attacks in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and became a training ground for Civil War recruits.

The Riders will go back to Morton for the night.

MN Historical Society site

Courtland

300 Railroad St.
Courtland, MN 56021
(507) 354-7055

First settlers were Jacob Harmon, Mr. Haresine, John Sidel, Jacob Gfeller, and Ole Nelson in 1855. Most of the early settlers came from Germany.
Hilo post office established in home of Wm. Duprey in 1856 he was later appointed postmaster. In 1865 the township was renamed Courtland.

The Riders will be staying in the Community Center over night.

Facebook page

Mankato

On December 26th 1862 38 Dakota men were hung in Mankato by the army. It was the largest hanging in American history.

Today the Dakota people come to Mankato to honor the warriors who were hung, they are their decendants, and their history still pains them, The Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride is healing the wounds for many Dakota and Whites. Each year on December 26th at 10 am these Riders will be coming to Reconcilliation Park, which is the hanging site, to remember and heal

In 1980 the City of Mankato presented the Dakota people with a park. In 1987, the 125th anniversary of the execution, Minnesota's Governor declared a Year of Reconciliation. The City of Mankato commissioned local artist Tom Miller to create the statue 'Winter Warrior' that stands at the site of the execution, next to the Mankato Public Library.

In 1992 the City of Mankato purchased the site of the execution and named it Reconciliation Park. People from the Mankato community worked with Dakota people to raise funds for a statue of a white buffalo at the park. People gather there every December 26th, the anniversary of the execution, in prayer and remembrance. (© http://peace.maripo.com/)

The Riders will be staying at the Best Western in Mankato

Hanging of 38

http://www.mankato-mn.gov/

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Our previous websites (since 2013) for you to see. (No 2015 and only a partial for 2016)

Blog from 2011/2012 Ride (From Marque)

Hosting Communities

2013

2014

2016
Partial site

2017

2018
Dakota men in 1862

2019
Dakota Women in 1862

Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride Supporters group on Facebook