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Richfield was one of the earliest postwar suburbs in the Twin Cities to be populated by veterans returning from World War II, but its claim to be Minnesota's oldest suburb date to the land's connection to Fort Snelling in the 1820s.
The Richfield Historical Society's soon-to-be-published history book is boldly titled "Richfield: Minnesota's Oldest Suburb." Bloomington and Eden Prairie, which also were established as...
- Early Richfield
- A Maturing Village
- Post World War II Suburban Development
- Notes
In the 1820s, some small settlements developed around Fort Snelling. By the late 1830s, the fortress served as a destination for newcomers—lumbermen, missionaries, farmers, traders and travelers—migrating to the borderlands people were now calling “Minisota.” Fort Snelling's garrison made up the bulk of the area's population, along with Henry Sible...
Market gardening industry founded
Several innovative agriculturalists founded the community's market gardening industryin the 1870s and 1880s—Richfield's trademark for the coming century. In 1885 Hattie and Henry Bachman bought 4 acres (16,000 m2) near 61st and Lyndale, close to the Minneapolis border, and started their own business. Using money Hattie earned as a seamstress, they bought horses to clear the land and, that spring, planted potatoes, lettuce, onions and squash. South Minneapolis was almost fully subdivided as th...
Disturbing infrastructure issues critical to the village's future confronted the people of postwar Richfield. The village lacked classroom space and a senior high school, it had no movie theater, no bowling alley, no baseball or football field, no swimming beach, it had no city water supply or storm and sanitary sewer systems, and it faced loss of ...
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Richfield was one of the earliest postwar suburbs in the Twin Cities to be populated by veterans returning from World War II, but its claim to be Minnesota's oldest suburb date to the land's connection to Fort Snelling in the 1820s.
Richfield was one of the earliest postwar suburbs in the Twin Cities to be populated by veterans returning from World War II, but its claim to be Minnesota's oldest suburb date to the land's connection to Fort Snelling in the 1820s.
Aug 29, 2008 · Not only is Minnesota turning 150 this year, so is the suburb of Richfield. And...
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But its real growth came following World War II, when Richfield became a popular first-ring Minneapolis suburb for returning war veterans in the late 1940s and 1950s. Today Richfield is very conveniently surrounded by major highways and is next to the airport, giving it easy access to both downtowns and everywhere else.
