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a. Baseball was the focus of local sports; Orrock, Big Lake, Elk River, Becker all had teams <br />b. Community band was important; always played to send local soldiers off to war. <br />10. Ojibwe/Dakota no-man's land <br />a. Sherburne County was included in first land in Minnesota available for settlement that <br />was ceded by Indian Treaty (1837). Prior to that only the Ft. Snelling Reservation <br />military purchase by Pike (1805). <br />b. It was the edge between both tribes, often the site of skirmishes, was within area or <br />nearby where government located Winnebago and Menominee to buffer two larger tribes <br />and reduce tension <br />Topic 3: Power <br />Theme 3: Sherburne County has been and continues to be a pioneering place in the development and <br />generation of electrical energy. <br />Subtheme 3.1. Sherburne County provides energy for a vast region using multiple fuels. <br />Subtheme 3.2. Energy generating facilities create local employment and tax revenue, but also cause <br />social and environmental problems. <br />Topic 3: Power Subtopics <br />2. Energy (REA, wind, nuclear, water, coal) <br />3. Logging <br />4. Mill <br />5. Transportation (Ox cart trail, military road, North Star Corridor) <br />6. Government <br />7. Conservation/preservation movement <br />8. River is a corridor for power plants <br />Topic 3: Power Stories <br />1. Ard Godfrey built dam and sawmill in Elk River 1851 (Orono) <br />2. REA oral histories, impact of electrification <br />3. RDF process —an edge activity that processes urban garbage <br />4.. Power plants and controversies; jobs and development vs. social and environmental concerns <br />5. Nuclear plant —no controversy-2nd in US; 15t in US rural area; Atom Cafe in Elk River; role of <br />community boosterism <br />6. Marketing slogans and mascots of power plants; use radio and TV ads Redy Kilowat, Willy <br />Wired Hand <br />7. Engstrom's first TV in SCH collection <br />8. Elk River designated Energy City by Minnesota Energy Iniative <br />9. 0 1990.056.001 Meadowvale Rural Telephone Company Secretary's Journal, minutes of <br />Meadowvale Rural Telephone Company, 1905-1962 <br />10. 0 1990.058.001 Haven Rural Telephone Co. Account Book, 19244955, credits and debits <br />11. 0 1990.058.002-011 Haven Rural Telephone Co. documents 1919+, by-laws; memorandum of <br />agreement with NSP and Haven Rural Telephone Co. <br />12. 0 1990.038.007 Dietz Little Wizard Kerosene Lantern, "barn lantern" <br />13. 0 1990.000.347 Plat of the Village of Elk River Minn., Feb-1922 Legend has vigal statistics and <br />dates of first electricity, telephones, and city water. <br />Sherburne County Historical Society Heritage Center Interpretive Plan, April 21, 2005, page 107 <br />