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RQaJtday' d 7bldld <br />• The first colony settled in Anoka County was Itasca in Ramsey. <br />• The first white child born in Anoka County was in Ramsey. <br />• The first marriage of a white couple in Anoka County was in Ramsey. <br />• The first sermon preached in Anoka County was in Ramsey. <br />• It has been said that the first post office in Anoka County was at Itasca in <br />Ramsey, but there is claim now to one at Manomin (now Fridley) 20 days earlier. <br />• One of the first schools was in Ramsey. <br />• The first breaking of land for farming was in Ramsey. <br />The township was organized in 1857 and named Watertown but changed by the <br />Anoka County Commissioners to Dover, Nov. 15, 1858 and later that year changed <br />to Ramsey for the man who was Territorial Governor. <br />6 <br />