Fort Totten State Historic Site
- Fort Totten State Historic Site
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name = Fort Totten
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location = S of Fort Totten off ND 57
nearest_city = Fort Totten, North Dakota
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built = 1868
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added = December 9, 1971
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governing_body = State Historical Society of North Dakota
Fort Totten State Historic Site is a historic site in Fort Totten, North Dakota.
History
The fort was first built to watch over the surrounding Indian Reservation after a group of the Sioux tribe moved to the area after 1867. The soldiers were stationed to enforce the peace and guard transportation routes. The fort was decommissioned in 1890. It was then turned over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs where until 1959 it was used as a Native American boarding school. Fort Totten became a North Dakota State Historic Site in 1960 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Today
Fort Totten has often been called "the best preserved military fort of the Dakota Frontier-era."Fact|date=July 2007 Today you can visit the interpretive center, take a walking tour of 16 original buildings, vist the Pioneer Daughter's Museum, take in a show at the Fort Totten Little Theatre, and stay at the Totten Trail Historic Inn bed and breakfast. School children often attend the "Fort Totten Living History Field Day" in September.
Further reading
*Barnes, Jeff. "Forts of the Northern Plains: Guide to Historic Military Posts of the Plains Indian Wars". Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008.
External links
* [http://www.nd.gov/hist/totten/totten.htm Fort Totten State Historic Site website]
* [http://www.tottentrailinn.com Totten Trail Historic Inn website]
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