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Elk River <br />Where city and country flow together... <br /> <br />Community <br /> <br />TI~ City of Elk River is ioc~_!_~_ on Hwys.//169 and gl0 within a thirty mlnut~ drive time to th~ <br />Twin Cities metropolitan area or to St. Cloud. The City is si_m,,~__,xt at the confluen~ of the <br />Missisaippi River and the Elk Rive~ cr~tting a peaceful setting for 14,000 r~,idents. Elk River <br />serv~ as the county sea~ of Shertmm~ County. Shcdxam~ County i.~ tun-early one of thc/ast~t <br /> <br />l[ltb~ORY <br /> <br />TI~ blinding of {ho two rivers created a natural setting for transportation and trade and in 1849 <br />~tt~trs established a trading post. Al about the same lime, & farme~ named Oliver H. Kelley <br />carved out his own plot of land in the area. la 1867, Kelley founded an org~tion known as <br />lt~ Grange which grew mtionwid~ to nearly one million mmnbers and ov~ {h~ years has helped <br />to i _,_n~ove social and enxmomic conditions for fanmrs, Today {h~ lr~Hey Farm i~ a hying <br />hisgory fa~m where visitor~ can experience life from th~ year~ 1860 to 1876 in authentic d~ail, <br /> <br />COMMI~CE AND DEYEIX)PMENT <br /> <br />has tak~ place along the Highway 169 <br />corridor and tho Highway l0 corridor has <br />~eallent potential for additional ~ and <br />in~us~ development. Smcral industr~ <br /> <br />Ira~xiaaioa links ami hou.~ a variety of <br /> <br /> <br />