Category Archives: Traverse des Sioux

Blogging and Real Life

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

If you’ve ever been a blogger you’ll understand how you can be totally involved in your blog topic, doing research, posting entries, and then suddenly, real life intervenes and everything comes to a screeching halt. I apologize to my followers … Continue reading →

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Contrary Mary – The Story of Mary Ann Clark Longley Riggs – Part III

Posted on August 6, 2013 by

Mary and Stephen Riggs’ years at Traverse des Sioux were always shadowed by Mary’s intense grief at the death of her brother Thomas. His grave was visible from their house and Mary planted it with roses and fenced it in to … Continue reading →

Posted in Julia Kephart, Lac Qui Parle Mission, Lucy Spooner Drake, Mary Ann Clark Longley Riggs, Mary Spooner Worcester, Minnesota, Minnesota History, Moses Newton Adams, Nancy Rankin Adams, Traverse des Sioux, Women in Minnesota | 1 Comment

Contrary Mary – The Story of Mary Ann Clark Longley Riggs – Part II

Posted on July 27, 2013 by

Mary and Stephen Riggs left Hawley, Massachusetts on the first of March 1837, and arrived at Fort Snelling in Minnesota (then known as Wisconsin Territory) on June 1, 1837. They stopped to visit friends along the way, including the Burgess … Continue reading →

Posted in Dakota Mission, Lac Qui Parle Mission, Lorenzo Lawrence, Mary Ann Clark Longley Riggs, Traverse des Sioux, Women in Minnesota | 2 Comments

Sweet Sarah – The Life of Sarah Poage Pond

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

Sarah Poage was the third white woman who arrived at Lac Qui Parle with the initial group of missionaries in July 1835. Her sister Margaret was Dr. Thomas Williamson’s wife and both women were daughters of Col. James Poage, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dakota Mission, Lac Qui Parle Mission, Margaret Poage Williamson, Minnesota, Minnesota History, Ripley, Sarah Poage Pond, St. Peter, Traverse des Sioux, Women in Minnesota | 2 Comments

Getting There – Fort Snelling to Lac Qui Parle

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

All of the women whose stories are part of Dakota Soul Sisters shared many challenging experiences, not the least of which was the trip from the bustling social and military hubbub of Fort Snelling in present day Mendota, Minnesota, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Dakota Mission, Lac Qui Parle Mission, Lydia Pettijohn Huggins, Margaret Poage Williamson, St. Peter, Traverse des Sioux, Women in Minnesota | 1 Comment

Sophia’s Story – The Captivity of Sophia Josephine Marsh Huggins

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Sophia Huggins, always called Josephine by her friends and family, doesn’t really qualify as a woman of the Dakota mission but in terms of her experiences and close relationship to the women of “Soul Sisters,” her story definitely belongs here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lac Qui Parle Mission, Lydia Pettijohn Huggins, Minnesota, Minnesota History, Sophia Josephine Marsh Huggins Hanthorne, St. Peter, Traverse des Sioux, U.S. Dakota War of 1862, Women in Minnesota | 4 Comments

Lydia Huggins Pettijohn Part III

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

You can find Part I of Lydia’s story at https://dakotasoulsisters.com/2012/07/11/learning-about-lydia/. Part II is at https://dakotasoulsisters.com/2012/08/15/learning-about-lydia-the-life-of-lydia-pettijohn-huggins-part-ii/ Lydia and Alexander Huggins’ family home in Traverse des Sioux, Minnesota, was over 100 miles from the Lower Sioux Agency near present-day Morton, Minnesota. Still, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dakota Mission, Fanny Huggins Pettijohn, Lydia Pettijohn Huggins, Minnesota, Minnesota History, St. Peter, Traverse des Sioux, U.S. Dakota War of 1862, Women in Minnesota | 2 Comments