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Elk River area as a location for commerce began in the 1850s, <br />with Pierre Bottineau's two-story Riverside 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 <br />brother Henry subsequently owned it. An advertisement of <br />March 25, 1853 in the St. Anthony Express may have referred to <br />this property. It described a large tavern, store building, <br />dwelling and a barn and stables. The building burned in 1907. <br />(It is now the site of the First National Bank of Elk River.) <br /> <br />The Riverside Hotel in ca. <br />1900. Photo: MHS. <br /> <br />View of Elk River, Sherburne County (1879).Published by J.J. Stoner, <br />Madison, Wisconsin. Orono is at far right; the original business district of <br />Elk River is just below the railroad tracks. <br /> <br />Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 27 <br /> <br /> <br />