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Oil on canvas painting of Fort Snelling, c.1855.
Lithograph of Fort Snelling made by Seth Eastman in 1833, three years before Dred Scott was brought to the post by his owner, George Emerson.
Painting of Fort Snelling viewed from the intersection of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers (Bdote). Watercolor on paper by Seth Eastman, 1848.
Oil-on-canvas painting of Fort Snelling. Painted by Alexis Jean Fournier in 1888.
Fort Snelling. Oil-on-canvas painting by Alexis Jean Fournier, 1888.
Fort Snelling Chapel, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.
Exterior view of Fort Snelling showing the Round Tower with a conical roof, 1863.
Fort Snelling Hexagonal Tower, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.
Fort Snelling Hospital, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, 1918.
A Sketch by Seth Eastman of Fort Snelling in the year James Thompson married a daughter of the Dakota leader Marpiyawecasta (Cloud Man), 1833.