Dedication of monument held Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1949
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Dedication ceremonies will be conducted at 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for the granite monument recently erected to designate the site of the Old Fort at Maine Prairie Corners.
The fort was erected in 1862 as a haven for the settlers at the time of the Indian uprising and housed practically all Maine Prairie residents of that time. Although the fort was never attacked, many anxious weeks passed while the Indians were on the warpath.