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Richfield didn't stay big for long. In 1886 St. Louis Park became a separate village, and in 1889 what was called "west Richfield" became Edina.
The beginning of the place was in Williams' Landing, and a ferry established by a man named Shrewsbury Williams, at the mouth of Rose's branch, about the year 1834. About 1846 there were a dozen houses in the place and it was called Richfield.
East of Richfield, a son of Shrewsbuy Williams, laid out a town which he named Atchison in honor of David R. Atchison (1807-1886), a United States Senator from Missouri from 1843 to 1855. In 1859 St. Bernard, Richfield and Atchison were incorporated under the name Missouri City, for the state.
Nov 2, 2020 · Lessons were taught by Miss Hannah Tucker and Miss Hart. The township’s first blacksmith was Ambrose Eckler and first physician was Dr. John Deming, who arrived in 1858 and settled in Richfield Center. In 1846, another small community – Rogersville – was established by brothers Laban and Alvah Rogers on Mt. Morris Rd.
Her accomplishments included the use of her inheritance to endow the Bethesda Hospital for unfortunates in 1899, the founding of the Emmaus Home for the young women who came to work at the St Louis World’s Fair, the cofounding of the city’s YWCA, and the support of her own missionary work in China.
Aug 10, 2011 · Despite residents agreeing to incorporate, it took 16 more years before Richfield became a village. The next move to annex land to Minneapolis came from the citizens of north Richfield...
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The Village of Richfield, originally the home of the Menomonee and Potawatomi people, is located in the south-central Washington County. These areas were ceded by treaties ratified in 1831, by the Menomonee and 1833, by the Potawatomi to the United States.
