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Richfield, Minnesota's biggest city. Not. But it could have been, if the generous forefathers of Richfield had been a bit greedier about clinging to their territory.
The town of Richfield was born in 1862, named for the rich gold claim found at that part of Williams Creek by a miner named Bill Cunningham. Soon people came from all around and built several saloons, a jail, a courthouse, and the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church.
Aug 10, 2011 · When most Minnesotans think of Richfield, they may think about a suburb of Minneapolis that grew up during the post-World War II housing boom. What they might not know is that the city’s...
- Alison Nowak
- 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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Early Settlement and Growth. The area now known as Richfield was originally inhabited by native Dakota tribes before European settlers arrived. In the mid-1800s, the first settlers established farms and began cultivating the land. The city's name was inspired by its fertile soil, which was deemed "rich field."
Richfield was not a quiet town. The raw camp spawned troubles in the form of murder and other forms of violence. "Dutch" William Dietz prospected in what is now called Williams Creek in the Cariboo. In February of 1861, he was rewarded for his efforts.
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Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. An inner-ring suburb of Minneapolis, Richfield is bordered by Minneapolis to the north, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport and Fort Snelling to the east, Bloomington to the south, and Edina to the west. The population was 36,994 at the 2020 census. [3]
