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• <br /> Part One <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts <br /> Report Organization <br /> Part One of the Historic Resources Study includes six historic <br /> contexts that analyze the historical and architectural <br /> development of Elk River.The contexts begin with permanent °. <br /> Euro-American settlement in the late 1840s and 1850s and <br /> extend to about 1950.Part Two contains the results of a <br /> companion study,an intensive survey of the downtown <br /> commercial area and an inventory map. <br /> Methods 'f 7 # .. <br /> The research was based on published histories such as the <br /> History of the Upper Mississippi Valley(1881),Edward , <br /> Robinson's Early Economic Conditions and the Development of <br /> Agriculture in Minnesota(1915),historic maps,photos and aerial The Elk River near its confluence <br /> views,local newspapers,and federal census records. The with the Mississippi River,2002. <br /> subject files of the Sherburne County Historical Society <br /> provided information compiled by local historians over the <br /> past eighty years.Reconnaissance-level inventories conducted <br /> by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Sherburne County <br /> • Historical Society(ca.1980-1998)were also consulted. <br /> In addition to the Sherburne County Historical Society <br /> archives,the Minnesota Historical Society collections were a <br /> primary source of information.The City of Elk River also <br /> supplied maps and other materials. <br /> Of interest for future research are various manuscript <br /> collections at the Minnesota Historical Society related to early <br /> Elk River families.They include the papers of Charles Babcock, <br /> Ard Godfrey,W.H.Houlton,and John Q.A.Nickerson. <br /> A general windshield survey of Elk River accompanied the <br /> development of the historic contexts.Fieldwork in the <br /> commercial district included a Phase II study of historic <br /> properties within an area bounded by Main Street at the south, <br /> Highway 10 at the north,and King Street at the west. <br /> The study was conducted in compliance with the Secretary of <br /> the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and <br /> Historic Preservation. <br /> • <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 3 <br />