Located on the edge of Montevideo, just off
Highway 212, the Camp Release Monument stands as a reminder of Minnesota's early state
history. The Minnesota River Valley and Montevideo played an integral part in the United
States - Dakota Conflict of 1862. In the fall of 1862, the Dakota tribes surrendered to
Colonel Henry Sibley on a bluff overlooking the valley and the present day site of
Montevideo.The Camp Release Monument was
dedicated on July 4, 1894, commemorating the release of 269 captives and the surrender of
about 1200 Dakota people at the end of the conflict. The four faces of the 51-foot granite
monument are inscribed with information about the battles that took place along the
Minnesota River during the conflict, the Dakota's surrender, and the creation of the
monument.
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