March 21, 1826

The Red River floods, causing the Selkirk Colony’s move to Fort Snelling. A flood at Fort Snelling wipes out military buildings below the fort.

Thanks to Palma Wright’s, Louis Lauer’s and Lynn Johnson’s classes at Moorhead Public Schools for the research on March’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

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