The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Acton was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1904. The community was named after Acton, Ontario.
The incident that sparked the Dakota War of 1862 took place near Acton on August 17, 1862. Four Mdewakantons, Sungigidan (“Brown Wing”), Kaomdeiyeyedan (“Breaking Up”), Nagiwicakte (“Killing Ghost”), and Pazoiyopa (“Runs Against Something When Crawling”) from Rice Creek Village in the Lower Sioux Agency, returning home from an unsuccessful hunt, had a confrontation with Robinson Jones, a settler, which resulted in the Mdewakantons killing five settlers, including Jones.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Acton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Acton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewState monument at Acton, Meeker C…, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Acton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Acton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Acton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hotel Atwater in Atwater, 4 miles away.
Acton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as State monument at Acton, Meeker County, Minnesota, the Historic Tree in the distance (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.