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Date: November 21, 2001
Video Coverage: Historic Fort Snelling
About the Program:
Capitol Report consists of a video on one of Minnesota's most notable landmarks, Historic Fort Snelling,. Fort Snelling, constructed in 1825, is strategically located where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers come together. Tune in to find out why the United States government choose to establish an Army outpost on the northern frontier in the 1820s and what life was like in the remote wilderness back then and today.