Arrowhead Monument     Location: Mendota, Minnesota

Inscription: "In the language of the Sioux means the mouth of a river, was the earliest permanent white settlement in southern Minnesota. Pioneer center of fur trade. Near here were signed treaties with the Indians in 1805, 1835, 1851 ceding to the whites most of the lands in Minnesota. Fort Snelling was established on this side of the river in 1819. This region was long known as Saint peters. Sibley House, three blocks, built in 1825 by Governor Henry Hastings Sibley, First Governor of the state 1858-1859. Restored by the Minnesota Daughters of the American Revolution. Maintained by them as a museum. This tablet erected by the Minnesota Society Daughters of the American Revolution."

 

Location: Acacia Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Inscription with the DAR insignia: "1851-1922 To Commemorate the Treaty at Mendota Negotiated on Pilot Knob 

Whereby the Sioux Indians ceded their Lands in the Territory of Minnesota and the State of Iowa 

to the United States Government 

Placed by the Mendota Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution St. Paul, Minn."

 Location: Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota, Minnesota

Inscription with the DAR insignia: "To The Glory of God and in Memory of General Hentry Hastings Sibley, Born February 20, 1811 and Died February 18, 1891. A Great Patriot-Soldier-Statesman. This historic marker is built of the only remaining stone from the pioneer church erected by General Sibley in 1847 as a place of worship "for Christians of all denominations." The church stood upon a high hill opposite this site. Dedication Services in Holiness unto the Lord Sunday June 5, 1955 and Monday June 6, 1955. Given by Nathan Hale Chapter Number 176 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Saint Paul, Minnesota."

 Location: Albert Lea, Minnesota

Before restoration

Inscription: 

1855

Site of St. Nicholas

First Settlement in Freeborn County

Placed by the Albert Lea Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1925

  Location: Albert Lea, Minnesota

After restoration

Honorary State Regent Faye Leach restored approximately 32 Minnesota DAR Historical Markers during her term as State Regent ending in 2019 with the 

Minnesota State Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Minnesota Honorary State Regent, Faye Leach, is the author of two books on the 

Minnesota Daughters of the American Revolution: