Agenda - Public Works Committee - 03/20/2018

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Teas ca tieeea9e During 1852-53 settlers began to arrive in the vicinity of the trading post and among these were J. C. Bowers, William Vincent and Thomas Miller. In 1852 the town site of Itasca was laid out on sections 19 and 30 in Ramsey, near the trading post. The proprietors were Hatch, Beatty, Wilkinson and Ramsey, whose name was later given the township. One of the famous old buildings built by the group was the Itasca Hotel. Itasca also boasted besides the hotel, several houses, trading post, stage coach barn, railroad station and post office. The first government wagon road which was established in 1852 passed through Itasca, coming from Point Douglas, St. Paul, St. Anthony and Anoka then further north to Fort Ripley. The stage coaches traveled this trail and in mid -July, 1855, 300 Red River Ox Carts passed through here on their way to St. Paul with their loads of furs and pemican. A painting of Itasca Village by George Atwood as described to him by Mr. Harry Warneke. 10