Minnesota Seasons - Slaughter Slough Waterfowl Production Area

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Shetek Massacre (Red Rock Central Public Schools)

Slaughter Slough brochure (Murray County)

Slaughter Slough WPA Hiking Trail (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Overview

History

On August 20, 1862, during a brief war between settlers and the Dakota Indians, three dozen settlers were discovered by the Dakota hiding in the tall grass at this site. A stone monument dedicated to the thirteen settlers and two Dakota who died in the ensuing battle was erected on the site in 1925. The name of this site recalls the nature of that event.

Management

The slough was drained and the upland area surrounding the slough was a cornfield until 2003. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, together with Ducks Unlimited, has been working since 2002 to restore the upland prairie and refill the slough. An information kiosk was erected in May, 2010.

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	Size
	641 acres

	Parking
	There is a natural/grass surface parking lot with an information kiosk on the west side of 225th Ave. N44 5.004, W95 36.793


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					Murray County
					Southwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	A mowed trail leads a short distance from the parking area to the monument.

	Hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			North Central Glaciated Plains
	Ecological Subsection			Coteau Moraines
	Land Type Association			Slayton Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Not mapped (10/11/2021)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features

Glossary

slough

An undrained tract of marsh lying in a shallow depression on otherwise dry ground.


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	What was the Lake Shetek Massacre? Colin Mustful

	About Sep 4, 2017 Learn more at www.colinmustful.com. Photos of Easlick family and captives from Minnesota Historical Society Collections. Map sourced from Pond Dakota Heritage Society. Information sourced from Isaac V.D. Heard, History of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863, (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1865). Music sourced from Apple Loops.