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SECTION 2— TxE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE <br />Roseville: The Double Boom Town <br />Source: Lanegran, David A., Marcotte, Robert; (May 1998) I-35W Corridor Coalition Phase I Report <br />Unlike the communities to its north, Rose Township attracted the attention of <br />developers and real estate speculators because of its proximity to the two early <br />centers of urbanization, St. Paul and St. Anthony, and the main route between <br />them. By the last decade of the nineteenth century, the lower half of the township <br />was incorporated into St. Paul and the westernmost six sections had been ceded to <br />Hennepin County. In the 18�Os, small farmers were attracted to flat and <br />moderately fertile soils in the southern sections. After the Territory of Minnesota <br />was organized, the flow of farmers increased and a few speculators laid out town <br />lots. The sections closest to St. Paul, the Como Lake area, Sarah's Outlots and the <br />Cottage Homes area (platted 1855) south of McCarron's Lake were developed first. <br />In 1856 a village named Roseville was platted at what is now the intersection of <br />University and Snelling Avenues. In 1857 a Saint Paul Park addition was platted <br />by Charles Miller in the northern area just east of Lake Josephine. The County <br />Poor Farm was established two miles to the north of the Village on land that is <br />now the State Fair grounds. Elsewhere, small parcels were taken up by farmers <br />intending to profit from their access to the population centers and city streets. <br />Soon farmers began to specialize in dairying, produce or hog production. But the <br />great financial panics of the late 1850s brought the rampant speculation to a halt as <br />the population of St. Paul underwent a dramatic decrease. <br />Soldiers returning from the Civil War found many opportunities in this part of <br />Ramsey County. The sections north of McCarron's Lake were subdivided into <br />lakeshore lots and urban areas. Optimistic businessmen platted other subdivisions <br />in the area along main avenues leading north from St. Paul. There is also a pattern <br />of rather small agricultural parcels of about 15 acres that were developed by <br />market gardeners, while the lakeshores attracted the city's upper class. One of the <br />City's leading land speculators, Alexander Ramsey, in whose honor the county <br />was named, held 160 acres on the township's eastern border that once belonged to <br />E. Edgerton, another of the city's early land developers. In 1860 the population <br />was 499; by 1880 it had grown to 877. <br />After the turn of the century the rate of suburbanization slowed down. In Rose <br />Township, many farmers concentrated on specialized products like milk that had <br />to be consumed fresh. Most of the farmers sold their milk door to door along <br />specific routes as well as to local creameries. There were some large show farms <br />such as J. M. Hackney's Arden Dairy that produced both milk for sale and <br />purebred livestock for farmers wishing to improve their herds. Eventually there <br />were 33 dairy farms in the area north of Larpenteur. Other farmers wishing to take <br />Roseville Comprehensive Plan .� 2001 Update The Land and its People -Page 1 of 24 <br />
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