Talk:Josiah Snelling

Wasn't his father a baker?

Jones, Evan (1966). Citadel in the Wilderness, p. 48, says that Snelling's father was a well-to do baker, not a "prominent banker". Creuzbourg (talk) 15:39, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

@Creuzbourg: Thank you for the hint. I added the reference (someone else already fixed it). If you have the reference, you can also fix it yourself next time. Nuretok (talk) 20:07, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Henry Leavenworth details

Should the paragraph about Henry Leavenworth be moved to the Henry Leavenworth article (perhaps to his "post war" subsection), and just summed up in this article about Snelling? This isn't an article about HL.Andersos8 (talk) 17:26, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Fort details removed

As this paragraph has more to do with the fort (and lacks citations) and not Josiah Snelling, I have removed it from this article:

The heavy limestone walls of the fort were constructed on a scale beyond many other frontier fortifications, suggesting America's intentions toward westward expansion. Major General Brown had the opinion that a frontier fort of this nature should be built for permanency and independence since the distance from any other military posts would make assistance difficult to obtain if any battles would break out. On the other hand, the idea of a large, permanent fortress to rule over the entire territory may have been overkill, since the usual pattern of westward expansion was to build temporary fortresses ahead of the line of settlement, shifting soldiers along the way. Andersos8 (talk) 18:31, 19 August 2025 (UTC)