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I I Arden Hills Notes I I The Official City Newsletter for Arden Hills Residents October 1997 I A BRIEF ISTORY OF ARDEN HILLS City of Arden Hills FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE 19o\O'S Service Directory PART ONE I City Hall............................. 633-5676 This briefhistoryofArdenHills is based: in Minnesota at Fort Snelling. In 1849, Fire (Non-emergcney) .........633-2404 primarily on legend and anecdotal : a year after Minnesota became aterritOlY, Parks & Recreation. ........... 633-5676 information gathered from he settled with his young family I Police (Non-emergcncy) ...... 484-3366 various nl?Wspaper articles and ~O~ on Lake Johanna to grow potatoes Police & Fire Emergency.... 911 historical publications. It on three acres of land. Charles Regular office houn;- covers the time from when Perry built a house in 1871 that I 8:00 to 4:30 Monday - Friday Arden Hills was first settled still stands on Lake Johanna until the 1940's. Part Two of this series, : Boulevard. His son William also raised Arden Hills City Hall which will appear in a later Arden Hills : his family there while operating a family I 1450 West Highway 96 Notes, will cover more recent history : boat rental (with over 40 fishing boats) Arden Hills, MN 55112 : and a picnic area business on what is now City Council: Mayor; Dennis Probst The first written history of the Arden : the Lake Johanna public beach. It is an Councilmembers; Beverly Ap- Hills area begins in the early 1800's : interesting anecdote that the Perry farm likowski, Dale Hicks, Susan Keirn, when the fur traders entered Minnesota : became a park named after a former Paul Malone and located primarily at Fort Snelling. : County Commissioner, Tony Schmidt. I City Administrator; Brian Fritsinger Legend has it that the area surrounding : Another park up the road and several Lake Johanna was inhabited by Little : miles from the family farm carries the I Council meetings are held the Crow, a Dakota Chief, and his band of : Charles Perry name. second and last Monday of the month Native Americans. It is said that Little at 7:30 p.m. in the New Brighton Crow's favorite resting place was on the : In 1856, when Minnesota became the City Hall. The public is welcome. island in what is now known as Lake : 32nd state, the original Mounds View I Please call the City Administrator (633-5676) if you have topics for the Johanna. It appears that the lakes in : Township was established and elections agenda. The meetings are televised, Arden Hills also provided a haven for : were held. The township included 36 I tape delayed, on Cable Channel 16 other Native American families square miles, including the on the next \\e(jnesdayat 11:00 am. as they paused during their ~ present communities of Arden and at 7:00 p.m. traditional autumn passage from Hills, Mounds View, Shoreview, I The Arden Hills Newsletter Shakopee to Rice Lake (located North Oaks, New Brighton, and Committee consists of Chairperson; in what is now Lino Lakes). parts of St. Anthony. The name Sue Schroeder (636-8954), These families would travel Mounds View came from the I Committee Members; Fran Holmes, along a trail where Lexington Avenue is : large tracts of hills of morainic drift Lois Rem, Jeanne Winiecki, and Ray now located for their annual wild rice : extending from north to south 200 feet McGraw, Council Liaison; Beverly gathering expeditions. : above the surrounding country. I Aplikowski, Staff; Brian Fritsingcr, Desktop Publisher; Carrie McCollor. One of the first permanent settlers in : In 1858, the names which appeared on Arden Hills Notes is the official Arden Hills was Charles Perry whose : the first township board were Charles newsletter of the City of Arden Hills, name has been memorialized in Arden : Perry; Patrick Powers (who owned 40 an equal opportunity employer. Hills' Perry Park. Charles Perry : acres oflandjust south of Perry on Lake immigrated from France and settled first Continued on last page... I