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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...
Minnesota's oldest suburb claim. 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 term "suburb" is from the Latin suburbium, "the land outside a walled city".
- 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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Aug 29, 2008 · Not only is Minnesota turning 150 this year, so is the suburb of Richfield. And...
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Richfield: Minnesota's Oldest Suburb. Author: Frederick L. Johnson. Publisher: Richfield Historical Society. Publication Date: 2008. Edition: First Edition.
In the mid 1800's Richfield enveloped all of Edina, half of St. Louis Park and nearly half of Minneapolis, extending all the way up to Lake St. By the 1920's Richfield was already one half the size it was, and although the areas around it were developing, Richfield remained a farming community.
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The Minnesota Historical Society's Collections Up Close Podcast takes a look at Richfield, a classic Minnesota postwar suburb. Excerpts from oral histories w...
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