Ben
and I are going to go back in time; we’re going to Fort Ridgley
which is located between Fairfax and Sleepy Eye in South Central Minnesota. We
went to the cemetery; there were so many head stones for little children, some
dating back to 1800’s.
There’s
a reenactment of the settlement, with tents and camp fires where they are
cooking stew. Men in army caps and vests have old guns that work, called musket
loaders. Ladies in long dresses, bonnets with their high top shoes, it makes
you wonder how they survived in the heat of the summer with no flip flops or
air conditioning.
Farther
down the Minnesota River you’ll see a store on
a hill. It has everything in it that they had when it opened, flour, coffee,
beans, spices and yard goods for the ladies to make a dress. Shovels, axes and
candles for light, most of the time they didn’t have enough money for food, so eggs
were brought in for trading.
Children
were always eager to go to the store; the clerk would give them a piece of
candy if they had a big order. Gardens
were planted for fresh vegetables, venison and fish were their meat sources.
I
could have lived there if the Indians weren't there; the Sioux Indians massacred all the settlers of Fort Ridgley.
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