HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 90-279 - Reconstructing the Roadside Marker Designating the Site of "The Battle of Shakopee" - 12/18/1990 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
]HENNEPIN COUNTY, DIINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 90-279
RESOLUTION RECONSTRUCTING TBE ROADSIDE MARIKER
DESIGNATING TEE SITE OF "THE BATTLE OF SHAKOPEE"
WHEREAS, the City Council of Eden Prairie has established the Historical and Cultural
Commission and the Heritage Preservation Committee to be advisors to the Council on matters
of historical sites in the City, and
WHEREAS, the Heritage Preservation Committee was advised that a sign designating the
site of the last battle between the Sioux and the Chippewa in Minnesota had been removed by
the Minnesota Department of Transportation during construction of the highway and had never
been replaced, and
WHEREAS, the Heritage Preservation Committee and the Eden Prairie Historical Society
have researched the previous placement and history of the Historic Marker that designated the
site of the "Battle of Shakopee" that was located on the south side of State Highway 169/212
between Eden Prairie Road and the "Kano" barn, and
WHEREAS, this site and battle had a major impact on the history of Eden Prairie relating
the context of events during the middle 1800's when a transition between the settlement of Native
American and white people occurred in the area, and
WHEREAS, preservation and designation of this site would assist in the interpretation of
Eden Prairie's history to its citizens and those passing the site on State Highway 169/212, and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation owns the right-of-way along
Highway 169/212.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Historical and Cultural Commission and
the Heritage Preservation Committee of Eden Prairie respectfully request the City Council to ask
the Minnesota Department of Transportation to reestablish the marker that designates the site of
the 'Battle of Shakopee", and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Minnesota Department of Transportation be
requested to seek the assistance of the Minnesota Historical Society, the Eden Prairie Historical
Society and the Eden Prairie Heritage Preservation Committee in the placement and narrative of
the historic marker.
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ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 1 Sth day o41990.
Ciy D. Peterson, Mayor
• ATTEST:
John D. Frane, Clerk SEAL