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Elk •River area as a location for commerce. began <br /> • the 1850s, <br /> with Pierre Bottineau's two-story Riversde Hotel. Built next to <br /> an early log cabin that remained on the site for many years, <br /> Bottineau sold the hotel to J.Q.A.Nickerson and Nickerson's t <br /> brother Henry subsequently owned it.An advertisement of f' <br /> March 25,185 in the St.Anthony Express may have referred to g ' <br /> this property.It described a large tavern,store building, <br /> dwelling and a barn and stables.The building burned in 1907. E g ¥ <br /> (It is now the site of the First National Bank of Elk River.) <br /> The Riverside Hotel in ea. <br /> 1900.Photo:MHS. <br /> View of Elk River,Sherburne County(1879).Published by J.J.Stoner, <br /> Madison,Wiseonsin.Orono is at far right;the original business district of <br /> mall <br /> Elk River is just below the railroad tracks. <br /> r <br /> .,. ...:. . <br /> " <br /> «p .'K``"+ . i„4...►. r•- <br /> * <br /> °R�• , ,°�y3- y+w,ogy - �+ys—.^'^r ss i'',.-2 a, apt ',' . 'c c_ .ce- r . .r 'mob , p' .rn s s'tc �. a a" $ a s % w§ �� � 3 °�,,”` +gam � !s , ,; �" r {J ,a ' $ „ F' -� kµr r' _ f�? r '* r �!� x 4 t "4ift ; F +fy P tctipkb 4 y,. .o !f°" jy.�a. "�I <€,..7,---1. <br /> .,'Y r �fig,� X. --'y,-s : , t a ` ,p♦ t13;(4. dot J'S ' ,_.�-«c`A Sg :' " e~ <br /> •a <br /> 6 ill { • v -- !' "e `� ...ar 4 ' 'v• <br /> '� �" �d' �.�� ....<^,� e� 4 "�. �'tap.. <br /> S 5 <br /> I. q;�..'�, < ��-44''''''''''r � � "���,, � "r`#t°�'�, .,�.'`c� <br /> 110 <br /> ElkRiver Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 27 <br />