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tourist highway, becoming popular with early bicycle touring clubs and Model T trippers. It
<br />was paved with concrete and called Trunk Highway 3 in 1920. Designated part of the
<br />Jefferson Highway in 1916, the old road became part of an international tourist route
<br />stretching from New Orleans to Winnipeg. By 1922, the Jefferson Highway was paved to
<br />St. Cloud. It was the first paved trunk highway in Minnesota. Renamed "Trunk Highway 10
<br />in 1933, and expanded to a four -lane highway in the 1940s and 1950s, the route continues to
<br />be a major transportation artery in the state. (More on this at the Bailey Station)
<br />Sherburne County Farmers "Working Out„
<br />Many county farmers discovered they had to have jobs off -the -farm in order to make ends
<br />meet. Many began commuting to second jobs as soon as they settled in the county, and it has
<br />been going on ever since. The location of the county on the edge of the pineries to the north,
<br />the Twin Cities to the south and east, and the prairies to the west provided opportunities for
<br />farmers to "work out" and make more money to support their families. These were the first
<br />commuters, a familiar routine for many of today's county residents.
<br />That's What They Said!
<br />"Follow up the Mississippi River till you find St. Pauls—then on to Rum
<br />river —follow that towards its rise, and find Princeton. Our farm lies about 4
<br />miles nearly south of that place, in Sherburne Co." (Maria H. Knapp to
<br />daughter Abba, April 1, 1870, Bradford, Iowa.)
<br />"Frank has been working this winter to earn money to purchase a 40 acre lot
<br />of R.R. land near us.... Men in the neighborhood have all returned form their
<br />work in the woods and they will show their rejoicing this week by having an
<br />oyster supper and some simple amusements afterward." (Maria H. Knapp,
<br />Baldwin, Sherburne County, Minnesota, to her sister-in-law Elisa Knapp in
<br />Dummerston, Vermont, March 31, 1872)
<br />"Frank is now driving a tote team as it is called, hauling provisions to the
<br />timber camps, 40 miles from Princeton —has $30 a month and all found —
<br />likes it very much." (Maria H. Knapp, Lake Fremont, Sherburne County,
<br />Minnesota, to her sister-in-law Elisa Knapp in Dummerston, Vermont,
<br />February 16, 1873)
<br />"50 miles covers the distance from St. Paul to this place —farmers go down
<br />with their teams, do their trading and come back the next day." (Maria H.
<br />Knapp, Lake Fremont, Sherburne County, Minnesota, to her sister-in-law
<br />Elisa Knapp in Dummerston, Vermont, October 15, 1873)
<br />"...Frank left home with George H. K. in his business almost 4 weeks ago.
<br />Had been to Duluth, down the lake 450 miles into Mich., through Central
<br />Wise. and back to St. Paul where he was a few days since. He is doing well.
<br />Money is very scarce here and in that way he can get some for building a barn
<br />in the spring." (Maria H. Knapp, Lake Fremont, Sherburne County,
<br />Sherburne County Historical Society Heritage Center Interpretive Plan, April 21, 2005, page 86
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