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Early
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Education
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| Most early
settlers were farmers. Horses and wagons moved the produce to
markets in St. Paul and Minneapolis. River, and later railroad
transportation, connected Rose Township farmers to a regional
market. Farmers also produced swine, poultry, cattle and milk
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Lindig Farm, c. 1900
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| Rose
Township's location between the growing cities or St. Paul and
Minneapolis led to a specialized type of farming; market-garden
farming. These small-acreage, labor-intensive farms grew fruits
and vegetables for the expanding Twin Cities. |
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Croft Farm, 1919
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Potatoes ready to leave for St. Paul Farmer's Market Reiling
home on Lexington Avenue, c. 1915
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| "Vegetables had to be
cut, pulled, picked, or dug. Then they had to be loaded and
carried to the yard where they were trimmed, bunched, washed, and
arranged to be taken to market the following day - until the 1920s
by horse and wagon; later by truck. The trip to either Minneapolis
or St. Paul market was several miles. This meant getting up at
4:00 am." Edna Greenberg Reasoner, daughter of Frank
Greenberg |
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Produce Market in Minneapolis, c. 1920
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Charles Krause, "The Cantaloupe King of Rosetown,"
1924
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Ready to leave for the Minneapolis Farmers' Market.
Dorathy Croft Dornfeld, 1920 |
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"Dad and George Greenberg" Greenberg, 1910 |
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Zibell Barn and Market at Hamline Avenue 1/2 block south of Cty.
Rd. B, 1922 |
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Bucket Farm on Cty. Rd. B2 just east of Dale, c. 1920 |
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