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.