Minnesota's Most Famous Maple Sugaring Painting

You can read my latest maple history contribution to the Minnesota Maple Syrup Producers’ Association September 2021 newsletter at this link or by clicking on the image below.

This contribution examines the history and details surrounding the famous watercolor painting titled Indian Sugar Camp that captures a scene depicting a group of Native American women, men, and children making maple sugar, presumably in Minnesota. The painting was created by Seth Eastman, an officer in the United States Army that was stationed at Fort Snelling on the Minnesota frontier in the 1830s and 1840s. Click on over to the article for more on the story behind this well-known painting.

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October 9, 2021 at 1:58 AM

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This site presents ideas, current research, and new sources of information related to the history of the production and use of maple syrup and maple sugar in North America. The purpose of this site is not to be the definitive account tracing the history of maple syrup and sugar, or telling the maple story, although at times it will share old and new contributions to maple history. Rather, the focus is on the study and doing of maple syrup related history. The site will primarily feature topics and research of interest to the site’s creator, but on occassion the site may feature guest contributors.

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