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At all the stations surrounding Fort Snelling schools were maintained, but here as elsewhere "the children in pleasant weather prefer playing to reading". Some progress was made, however, as is indicated by the school reports.
His achievements on the frontier and in the Mexican War, which finally brought him to the presidency are a familiar story, and the training which he received in Old Fort Snelling was only a part of that which gave him the name of "Rough and Ready". It is a remarkable fact that at Fort Snelling he was remembered less for his own actions than for those of his four pretty daughters whose presence spread commotion in the hearts of the homesick young officers.
Take another direction quickly, and give him a cold shoulder, but see that he does not get two. The best localities for invalids and others. The city of Minneapolis. Its drives and objects of interest Cascade and Bridal Tails. Fort Snelling. Minnehaha Falls. The city and Falls of St. Anthony. Anoka and St. Cloud. Fishing and hunting. Wilmar and Litchfield. Lake Minnetonka. Experience in fishing.
Interest in Old Fort Snelling is not primarily in the logs and stones which made up its building, but in the men and women who lived within its walls. Many were the lives influenced by a residence in its barracks. Characters were formed by the stern rigors of frontier service.
Not only to the north did the troops from Fort Snelling make expeditions. The wide range of its influence is illustrated by the task which occupied the attention of its soldiers during the summer of 1850.
On August 9th when the party left Pembina behind, their number had dwindled. Joseph Snelling, son of Colonel Snelling, who had gone with them thus far, returned by the same route with three soldiers. J. C. Beltrami, who had been allowed to cast his lot with theirs, and who had been equipped and supplied by the Indian agent, who had presented him with the "noble steed 'Cadmus'", also left them.
Not until the twenty-fourth day of August, 1819, when less than a hundred soldiers of the Fifth United States Infantry disembarked opposite the towering height where a few years later rose the white walls of Fort Snelling, did the nation which was to rule assert its power. The event was, indeed, epochal.
The Great Northern Railroad runs very near Fort Shaw now about twenty miles, I think and, that will make it convenient for the moving of the regiment, and all of us, in fact. We will go to St. Paul on the special train with the regiment, for Faye will not be relieved as adjutant until he reaches Fort Snelling, where we will remain for a day or two.
He told himself, as he uttered the words, that he owed Howard Snelling no explanation and that it was ridiculous of him to make one; nevertheless he felt impelled to do so. Mr. Snelling smiled superciliously. "That will be very pleasant, won't it?" he remarked. One could not have quarreled with the sentiment, but its blandness conveyed an exasperating disbelief. The young man bit his lip angrily.
Snelling, too much excited to listen to any defence. "Follow me to Dr. Johnston." Hastening into the presence of the stern headmaster, Mr. Snelling stated what had happened, and pointed to the trembling Bert as the culprit. "How do you know he is the offender, Mr. Snelling?" inquired the doctor, gravely. "Graham said he saw him do it, sir, and Lloyd confesses it himself," replied Mr. Snelling.
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