Lac qui Parle Mission
Address:
P.O. Box 303, Montevideo MN 56265
Admission: Free
Phone: 320-269-7636
Email:
lacquiparle@mnhs.org
Website: http://www.mnhs.org/lacquiparle
Joseph Renville, an explorer and fur trader whose mother was Dakota and father was French, established a fur post on the Minnesota River in 1826 near a wide portion called Lac qui Parle and invited missionaries to the area. After his death in 1846, Dakota opposition to the mission forced the missionaries out. Learn about life at this pre-territorial mission, the development of the Dakota alphabet and the translation of the Bible.
