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Sustaining Our Legacy11 1 e <br />I he Future of Ramsey Town Hall HISTORY <br />THE HISTORY OF RAMSEY <br />Ramsey traces its roots to the middle of the nineteenth century. As a trading post, the city <br />enjoyed river- and rail -driven importance for a few decades, after which it settled into a <br />quiet century as a farming community. Since suburban development began in the 1970s, <br />the town has emerged as an outer -ring commuter suburb. <br />Ramsey Old Town Hall City of Ramsey <br />pre-1840 <br />1892 The confluence of the Mississippi and <br />Schoolhouse building built on land Rum Rivers is a well -established neutral <br />owned by Ara E. Pitman. zone for the Sioux and Chippewa. <br />1912 1846 <br />Plot of undeveloped Oak Savanna, the A furnace is installed for heating. Peter and Francis Patoille establish Y <br />a trading post at this location. Typical Chippewa lodge and <br />dominant landscape for the area — Sioux tipis, White Earth Reservation <br />'s`"°°` <br />CHURCH 1851 <br />* � <br />letTOWN HALL <br />First permanent European <br />i <br />settlement. -- —_ <br />SCHOOL. 1852 <br />" l s°"°°` The town of Itasca is laid out on <br />,� w= <br />41 <br />sections 19 and 30 in Ramsey, near <br />€ 11 <br />Y4 a: the trading post. <br />SCHOOL 1857 <br />URCH <br />1914 Map showing local schoolhouse Watertown Township established. a <br />and church locations Renamed Ramsey after Territorial 1851 Township Map <br />I1914 Governor Alexander Ramsey a <br />1874 Map of Anoka County J The school applies for $150 in state year later. <br />aid for its 26 students. 1 864 <br />1937 The St. Paul & Pacific (StP&P) <br />Railroad reaches Ramsey. In 1890, <br />r The school is deeded to the the StP&P becomes part of James <br />township by Edith Patch, a J. Hill's Great Northern Railway. <br />member of the Pitman family. _ <br />p` 1945 The William Crooks, Minnesota's first <br />- Last year of classes at the school. locomotive, on the StP&P mainline in 1864 <br />Typical one -room schoolhouse scene 1947 ' <br />New York State, early 1900s <br />Y 1970 IF <br />1979 The Census shows 2,360 people � <br />�"`, ;A <br />live in Ramsey Township. ; <br />The building is listed on the - <br />National Register of Historic Places. 1974 T <br />r 1996 The City of Ramsey is incorporated. Commercial development along US 10, <br />The Minnesota Historical Society the main thoroughfare in Ramsey <br />Buiiangin1977 (MHS) awards Ramsey a grant for 1 980 <br />restoration of the building. The Census shows 10,093 people <br />2004 live in the City of Ramsey, a 327% <br />The MHS grant is closed out. increase from 1970. <br />2012 2012 <br />g <br />The city explores relocation options Northstar Commuter Rail opens a <br />for the building in the context of station in Ramsey, connecting the <br />the COR development and the city to downtown Minneapolis. <br />Building in2017 Northstar Commuter Rail project. Northstar Commuter Rail in Ramsey <br />More than a century and a half has passed since Europeans first settled in what is now <br />Ramsey, MN. The Old Town Hall is a unique asset that brings that long history into the present. <br />The following posters will closely examine how Ramsey has tried to preserve the Old Town Hall <br />for the future. <br />city 0 <br />RAMSEY <br />