{"id":4527,"date":"2013-06-13T12:33:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T17:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2014-11-17T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:04:16","slug":"morton-mn-monuments-mn-minnesota-river-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/morton-mn-monuments-mn-minnesota-river-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Morton, MN Monuments | MN Minnesota River Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MN Buffalo Ridge\u00a0series [<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p4cNAT-19g\" target=\"_blank\">The To and From]<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p4cNAT-19Q\" target=\"_blank\">Gibbon,\u00a0MN<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p4cNAT-1a3\" target=\"_blank\">Pipestone National\u00a0Monument<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p4cNAT-1aG\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Mound State\u00a0Park<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p4cNAT-1b1\" target=\"_blank\">Morton, MN\u00a0Monuments<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Birch Coulee\u00a0was the site of the\u00a0Battle of Birch Coulee, one of the deadliest battles of the\u00a0Dakota War of 1862.\u00a0\u00a0It is now preserved at Birch Coulee State Memorial Park one mile north of\u00a0Morton, Minnesota\u00a0and has self-guided trails and markers about the battle from both sides. \u00a0It was listed on the\u00a0National Register of Historic Places\u00a0in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>The Friendly Indian Monument recognizes the six Dakota Indians who befriended and protected government employees, immigrant settlers, missionaries, or aided soldiers during the United States \u2013 Dakota Conflict of 1862, most often at the risk of their own lives. \u00a0Even though only 6 names are listed on the monument, many more aided those of white descent who are not listed there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On a hill overlooking the beautiful Minnesota River Valley and the city of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morton,_Minnesota\" target=\"_blank\">Morton<\/a>, stand two 52-foot tall granite monuments. 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