Mendota: MN 62: T.H.62 WB @ T.H.5
Mendota has served as a fur-trading centre in Minnesota since the 1820s. The community stands beside the Minnesota River, close to its confluence with the Mississippi, at a meeting point long important to Dakota people, traders and later settlement. The Sibley House, built in 1836 for fur trader and future territorial governor Henry Hastings Sibley, survives as part of the Historic Sibley House site. Across the river lies Fort Snelling, established by the U.S. Army in the 1820s. Mendota remains a small riverside city within the Twin Cities, on major approaches between Saint Paul, Minneapolis and the airport.
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Mendota combines a small riverfront setting with a pivotal place in Minnesota’s early history in a way that reflects its position at the meeting of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. This confluence, known as Bdote, has enduring cultural and spiritual significance for Dakota people; the city’s name comes from the Dakota word Mdo-te, or “meeting of waters.” The 1851 Treaty of Mendota was negotiated here, a consequential event in Dakota and Minnesota history. Mendota’s Sibley House, built in 1835, recalls the fur-trade era, while Fort Snelling stands nearby across the river. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of the Twin Cities river country.
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