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. A gZyeat=mjcf;Water:7'owet in, - ..,. n �J£ M Elk River has been=rramedto ' „' _.-...,,_. r the National Register.of` Historic Places. t The water tower was built in - .4 1920 by the Minneapolis .t.,4, ' . ` Steel and Machinery Co.as ,' A part of an effort to protect Elk In 1856 Willard L.Babcock,migrated to River from fire.There was i Jackson Avenue used to be Highway 169.For Santiago in Sherburne County from very limited fire protection in ' Vermont with his pregnant wife years,the intersection of this road and p g wife,a small Elk River and several fires Highway 10 was the only one with a child and a team of oxen. He was driven nearly wiped out the city's stoplight in Elk River and on major travel away from Santiago by warring Indians. business district. weekends,traffic would backup half way to He became a retail merchant,operating a The Sally's Point is home to Anoka.Work on Highway 169 to bypass Elk general store in Elk River.The Bank of Elk an active bald eagle's nest, River began in 1961 as well as Highway 101 River is indeed in a unique position as and variety of other wildlife between Rogers and Elk River began in 1968 one of the few banks in the state more including deer,coyotes, which decongested the city. than 119 years old that still remains turkeys,otters and foxes. independently owned. It's so close to downtown °a = _ .'. independently r but still feels as though it is n■-„s ..11 �' crowded with wildlife. The G,x, ��rsn '�� .•p• r= Ci4FiY"t �� T .,s[s.•. �, ..v+.w d 74ph&h y 4 city of Elk River closed on "` z *� �• j '',., the purchase Nov 20, '.” S _ `.. i 5 buying the 26-acre boot �r ;, %„gin:. r.r.UVt shaped peninsula from, P „, ,,• ,o,y h _ x�. t.15 John and Nancy Babcock. �{ = '''''4 4 '' '4 `'R-� *� r w .' 4 +ka�oartr t Thought to be the oldest existing building in .� - '"k,� ` •h<• ` Elk River,the Mansur House was built between 1857 and 1860.The home C1: , . ° '' 1 POIt : '4,4 belonged to Charles Mansur,a Mexican C ,}� �.a:r�.r, ,^' :: War veteran and partner of Ard Godfrey, «., $Y who built a sawmill near the site of the ''' `` , present-day Orono Dam.The home . Orange=Driving rF• remained in the Mansur family for more Green=Walking 4 than 100 years,until 1969. '�"- x �� x v,