"A Newly Discovered Diary of Colonel Josiah Snelling," by Helen Dunlap Dick.
In Minnesota History, vol. 18, no. 4 (Dec. 1937): pp. 399-406.
MNHS call number: Digital Copy
"Abigail Snelling: Military Wife, Military Widow," by Janis Obst.
In Minnesota History, vol. 54, no. 3 (fall 1994): pp. 98-111.
MNHS call number: Digital Copy
"William Joseph Snelling and the Early Northwest", by Allan E. Woodall.
In Minnesota History, Vol. 10, no. 4 (Dec. 1929), p. 367-385.
MNHS call number: Digital Copy
"Colonel Snelling’s Journal: Orders, Letters, Lists of Possessions", by Virginia Brainard Kunz.
In Ramsey County History, Vol. 6, no. 1 (spring 1969), p. 9-11.
MNHS call number: Reading Room F612.R22 R3 v.6:1
A PDF copy of the article is also available from the Ramsey County Historical Society.
"Fort Snelling, Minnesota, While in Command of Col. Josiah Snelling, Fifth Infantry," by Rev. Edward D. Neill.
In Magazine of Western History. vol. 8, no.2 (June 1888): pp.171-180 and vol. 8, no. 4 (Aug. 1888): pp.373-381.
MNHS call number: E171 .N27 - original edition (bound with National Magazine).
MNHS call number: F612.H58 F6 1888 - reprint edition.
"Guarding the Colonel’s Place in History", by Patricia Condon Johnston.
In Twin Cities, Vol. 4, no. 8 (Aug. 1981), p. 66-70, 106-110.
MNHS call number: F613.T1 T852 v.4:8
Snelling: Minnesota's First First Family, by Barbara K. Luecke and John C. Luecke.
Eagan, Minn.: Grenadier Publications, 1993.
MNHS call number: Reading Room F605.1.S667 L83 1993
Fort Snelling: Colossus of the Wilderness, by Stephen P. Hall.
St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1987.
MNHS call number: FOLIO F612.H58 F655 1987
Confluence: A History of Fort Snelling, by Hampton Smith.
St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2021
MNHS call number: Reading Room F612.H58 F675 2021
Commandant’s House Interpretation Plan, by Maureen McKasy-Donlin.
Minnesota Historical Society, 1982.
MNHS call number: F612.H58 F661 1982
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