Fort Ridgely State Park

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name =Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources
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location = Off Co. Hwy. 30 NW of New Ulm
nearest_city = New Ulm, Minnesota
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added = October 25, 1989
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refnum = 89001668
mpsub = Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS
governing_body = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Fort Ridgely State Park is a Minnesota state park on the Minnesota River south of Fairfax, Minnesota. It preserves Fort Ridgely and a site important to the Dakota War of 1862.

The Civilian Conservation Corps Rustic Style buildings within the state park, built between 1934 and 1936, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

* [http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/stateparks/Fort.html Rustic Style Architecture in Minnesota State Parks: Fort Ridgely State Park]

External links

* [http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/fort_ridgely/narrative.html Minnesota DNR website for Fort Ridgely State Park]