Camp Release State Monument
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Camp Release State Monument is located on the edge of Montevideo, Minnesota, United States, just off Highway 212 in Lac qui Parle County, in the 6-acre Camp Release State Memorial Wayside.[2] The Camp Release Monument stands as a reminder of Minnesota's early state history. The Minnesota River Valley and Montevideo were important sites in the Dakota War of 1862.
Camp Release State Monument | |
Nearest city | Montevideo, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 44.93319°N 95.747928°W / 44.93319; -95.747928 |
Built | 1894 |
NRHP reference No. | 73000981[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 14, 1973 |
On September 26. 1862, a few days after the U.S. victory at the Battle of Wood Lake, 269 prisoners who had been taken captive during the conflict were released to Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley at a spot that became known as Camp Release, which was located on a bluff overlooking the valley and the present-day site of Montevideo.
The Camp Release State Monument was the sixth of 23 state monuments erected by the Minnesota legislature between 1873 and 1929.[3] It was the first property added to the state park system and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.