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Entrance Area of <br />Dayton Port Wayside Rest <br />Portion of Oxcart Trail Interpretive <br />Signage at the Wayside Rest Area <br />LAGS TQWNSITE <br />sfin Indian tradinq post which .as estahiishet <br />n 1649 by Thomas '. Hulmes and 'James Beally, <br />ritorial Governor AJ,rtander Ramsey, thesetl1e- <br />.._: onor of LakeYalta. the source of the Mississippi <br />tantial hotel was built, the vih;rae was plattedaad <br />sea Wetted rst post office In present Anoka t:ounty. There <br />Mac even an as fni attempt to locate the territorial capital here. <br />Itasca wJ a Stepping place on the heavily travelers Red River Oxcart <br />Trail betteuNle Pembina, Anrth hak4tm. and the steamboat limiting in <br />St- Peal. •!lha ISSY cargoes a! Me, buffalo robes, ahLJ meat valued et , <br />5.IZO.00O arrived at St. Part. and In 1858 snore than 60b carts oiled the <br />trade. Traces of the old trait can be seen a few feat wesi o1 line marker. <br />The th6ilegeehi tiroapertty began to wane in 1836. when the removal of <br />the away theymafinattipgo of local;from the trade. By thenearlyalrie 18,60s thevaton took <br />virtually deserted. <br />Itasca twiained a peat office until 1879. and it was the first mailinq <br />address of the Order of the Patrons of Hus'baudry, letter anahsn as the <br />National Gr. This farm organization was founded by <br />Oliver H. l(.e]1eX <br />ange <br />who opened a Grange office In his home near hers s f <br />In 1866. For two yens be mailed through the Mums <br />[ .. post office vast amounts of literature encouraging <br />farmers to join the Grange• <br />One of the interpretative signs next to the Dayton Port Wayside Rest <br />This trail project will also bring the Mississippi River Trail within one mile of the Historic <br />Oiver Kelley Farm, a designated historic landmark on the National Register of Historic <br />Places. The Oliver Kelley Farm is the residence of the founder of the National Grange, a <br />fraternal organization for farmers that led the national agrarian reform movement. Future <br />extension of the Mississippi River Regional Trail into the City of Elk River and Sherburne <br />County will provide a direct bicycle and pedestrian connection to this historic landmark. <br />4. Relationship to Intermodal/Multimodal Transportation System (100 points). Discuss how <br />the project will function as a component and/or enhancement of the transportation system: <br />■ How will the bicycle or pedestrian facility benefit the experience of users of the <br />transportation system? <br />22 <br />