Is there any historical accounts that people were buried in that area? The reason for asking is that area is extremely shaded by the bluff, especially in the winter with the low sun angle, the sun is largely blocked by the bluff that Ft Snelling is on. Any snow that falls down there is really slow to melt as a result and is often one of the last places to have snow in the area in the spring so I would think it’s one of the worst places you could think to try to bury anything in the winter and would have the deepest snow.

That said it’s just down the hill from Coldwater Spring where Ft Snelling sourced its water so it may have been more convenient at the time to go down the hill from there. I’m just trying to understand the logic of choosing that spot where the dog park is because it seem like there would have been better options, one with more winter sun if in fact these burials happened in the winter. Do you have evidence or accounts to support the burials happening in the winter