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In 1940, fewer than 3,800 people lived in Richfield. Between 1950 and 1954, the population zoomed from just over 17,500 to almost 31,800. Susan Rosenberg lives in one of those post-World War II...
- 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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Jan 28, 2024 · Zoonar RF. According to the Gerontology Wiki Website, these are the ten oldest Minnesotans who ever lived: There are a couple of very interesting facts pertaining to this list. First off, nearly every single person in the top ten is a female, except for one.
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.
Visit our History Center and receive a FREE tour of Richfield’s Oldest Home, the Riley Bartholomew House! Riley Bartholomew came here from Ashtabula, Ohio in 1852 and claimed over 19 acres on the shore of Wood Lake. His wife Fanny and their six children followed him to the Territory of Minnesota in 1853. Elected Justice of the Peace in 1854 ...
Explore Historic Richfield from your computer, tablet or phone! Click each “marker” and “boundary line” to find fun historical facts and photographs. *To see a large map, click on the square icon in the upper, right-hand corner. Created by the Richfield Historical Society, 6901 Lyndale Avenue South. Richfield Historical Society.
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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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