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Richfield's farm fields filled with homes during the twenty-five years following World War II. By 1970 all developable land in the community was taken. Home construction crews applied the “mass-production” systems perfected by the American auto industry.
Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Richfield in the Postwar Era. 24 INTERVIEWS. DATE: February - October 2007. INTERVIEWER: Thomas Saylor. This project chronicles the lives of men and women who lived in the suburb of Richfield, Minnesota, following World War II.
Once known as the fertile home of vegetable-selling truck farmers with names like Bachman and Wagner, after World War II Richfield became the classic 1950s suburb with waves of newly built ...
Richfield’s farm fields filled with homes during the twenty-five years following World War II. By 1970 all developable land in the community was taken. Home construction crews applied the “mass-production” systems perfected by the American auto industry.
In the post-World War II era, Richfield experienced significant changes that transformed it into a suburban hub. The rapid development of nearby Minneapolis and St. Paul led to population growth and an increased demand for housing.
Richfield experienced a major population boom following World War II. As a first-ring suburb to Minneapolis, Richfield quickly became a popular home for returning war veterans in the late 1940s and 1950s. From 1940 to 1960, Richfield's population grew from under 10,000 to 42,500.
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Richfield embarked on a new era, marked by a significant oil discovery in California in 1938. Richfield consequently was well-prepared for the challenges of World War II, when the entire U.S. oil industry faced wartime demand.
