Dakota Commemorative March
The Marchers
crossing the Mendota bridge in 2002
The Route of the March
2008 Details
The
Dakota Commemorative March 2008 The route of the march will continue to be updated A page with this information that will print easier and quicker (no graphics) is located HERE The march will begin at 7:00 am from the Lower Sioux Agency Interpretive Center, Redwood County Road 2. Day 1: November 7th Begin march on Redwood Co. Rd 2, Lower Sioux Interpretive Center, to 305 St. (gravel road, just past Wabasha's Village Site sign) (approximately 2.2 miles) Left turn onto 305 St., continue across Redwood Co. Rd.11. This gravel road becomes Redwood Co. Rd. 8. Continue
southeast on Co. Rd 8, across MN highway 4, The road then
becomes Brown Co. 10; Continue on Co. Rd. 10. until the
intersection with 290th St. (19 total miles). •Walkers will return by car caravan to the Lower Sioux Community Center for an evening meal and sleep site.
Day 2: November 8th Car caravans with marchers will leave at 7:00 am to return to Brown Co. Rd. 10 . Begin march on Brown Co. Rd. 10 continue to MN highway 29. Turn left on MN highway 29. Turn left again on 210th St. (gravel road) to KC Road (gravel road) Turn right on KC Road to Broadway (in New Ulm) Turn right on Broadway. Follow the curve to the left, then turn right on Minnesota Street. Continue
on Minnesota St. to 20th South St. (17 miles) • PM –We will have dinner at Joe Morales' house (12627 County Road 102, Hanska, MN 56041) and then sleep at Turner Hall (1st South and State Street).
Day 3: November 9th Caravan will meet just past the turn-off onto Hwy 68 (take Highway 15/68 out of New Ulm and a left onto 68) at 7:00 a.m.
March will proceed from there, following Highway 68 toward
Mankato to its intersection with Highway 169, (21.4 miles). • PM --Evening meal and sleep site at the Centenary United Methodist Church (downtown Mankato across from Post Office)
Day 4: November 10th Caravan will meet at 7-Mile Creek Park on Highway 169 north of Mankato at 7:30 a.m. We will continue on US Highway 169, and then take the left turn-off to MN Highway 93 all the way to Henderson, (21.4 miles) •Marchers will be hosted in Henderson at the New Country School with meals at the Joseph R Brown Interpretive Center
Day 5: November 11th Begin march at 7:30 am in Henderson on MN highway 19 to Henderson Station Road (gravel road) Curve to right on Scott Co.Rd.51, right on Hwy 1, then left onto Hwy 169. Continue North on US 169 to to Jordan. For lunch we'll stop along Hwy 169 at Belle Plaine Trail (10.3 miles from Henderson) .After lunch we'll carpool caravan through the road construction and resume walking on Hwy 169 at Emma Krumbees. We
will continue to the Jordan town sign, (19.5 miles). Hwy
patrol escort. •Evening meal and sleep site Tiowakan Church in Prior Lake
Day 6: November 12th
The march will begin at the entrance to Jordan (where we ended the evening before) and veer off to the right to go through the town of Jordon, past St. John the Baptist School on Broadway. Continue on Co. Rd. 282 then we'll go left onto Co.Rd.17 (Marschall Road) then right on to Co. Rd. 42, to Dakotah Parkway in the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Continue on the road that leads to Tiowakan. (13.7 miles). Hwy patrol escort. •Evening meal and sleep site Tiowakan Church in Prior Lake
Day 7: November 13th Caravan to Cub Foods parking lot at the intersection of Hwy 42 and MN Hwy 13 at 8:30 am to begin march. We'll follow MN Hwy 13 as it joins 169 and travel through the Savage area. We'll stop for lunch at the turn-off near Famous Dave's. After lunch, we'll carpool caravan through the major highway intersections (across both 35W and 77 exits). Just past the stoplight at Silver Bell Trail, we'll resume walking on MN Hwy 13. We'll turn left on Mendota Heights Rd (Sibley Memorial Highway) and then turn North onto MN Hwy 55 across Mendota Bridge. Walkers will continue down from the bridge into Fort Snelling State Park concentration camp site. Car
caravans go across the Mendota Bridge and exit west onto
MN 5,continue past the airport exit, and exit Post Road.
At the top of the exit ramp,cars turn left,across the freeway,into
Fort Snelling State Park (13 miles). Hwy patrol escort. •Closing
Dinner will be held at St.Peter's Church in Mendota
We will post updates about the route, meal sites, sleeping sites, and events on either this page or the walkers information page. Please keep checking both pages for new information. Those who wish to support the Dakota may join them for all or part of their seven-day journey.
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