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This Day in Minnesota History

January 17, 1862

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Five young Dakota men murder the Baker family on a farm near Acton in Meeker County. Upon hearing this news, some Dakota leaders decide to launch a general attack on settler-colonists near the Lower Sioux Agency, beginning the US–Dakota War of 1862.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: August 23, 2022