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Hastings has Minnesota's second-oldest surviving county courthouse (after Washington County Courthouse, Stillwater), finished in 1871 at a cost of $63,000. The county administration began moving to a new facility in 1974, and in 1989 the City of Hastings purchased the old building. It was rededicated in 1993 as City Hall. Downtown Hastings
The first settlers in Ramsey were Thomas A. Holmes and James Beatty who built the Old Log Trading Post in 1849 at the location. [5] Itasca Village was later platted in 1852. The village contained the first post office in Anoka County and a station on the Northern Pacific Railroad. [6]
The Ramsey Mill was built by Alexander Ramsey and Dr. Thomas Foster in 1856–1857 on the Vermillion River in the town of Hastings in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The river had a head of 19 feet (6 m) and a width of 50 feet (15 m) near the 4 story gristmill. An addition included a cooper shop and storage facility. Although Ramsey sold his ...
Thomas A. Holmes and James Beatty built the Old Log Trading Post in 1849 at the townsite location. [2] Governor Alexander Ramsey suggested the site be named "Itasca (Itaska)" in honor of Lake Itasca. The village was officially named Itasca with the building of the Northern Pacific Railway through the site.
It lies about halfway between the cities of Hastings and Red Wing and 36 miles southeast of Saint Paul. The population was 697 at the 2000 census. It is centered on the small community of Welch on the Cannon River. Like many river towns in the Driftless Area, it is situated at the base of the steep bluffs of the river valley.
A pine stand in Rice, MN. The city was named a Tree City USA in 1993. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.71 square miles (14.79 km 2), of which 5.67 square miles (14.69 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water.
Hastings City Hall, formerly the Dakota County Courthouse, is a historic government building in Hastings, Minnesota, United States, completed in 1871. It was the original courthouse for Dakota County and now serves as city hall.
Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center sign. A post office called Zim was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1990. [2] The community derives its name from a logging camp run by a lumberman named Zimmerman who worked in the area.