Minnesota Field Trip

Area Overview

• Study Area Definition
• Historical Overview - Whole History
• Historical Overview - Suburbanization
• Demographics Overview

Physical Geography

• The Landscape
• Soil and Landforms

Indigenous Populations

• Indigenous Populations and Fur Trading Era

Railroad Era

• Overview
• Basic Commercial Activity - Early Railroad Era Anoka
• Non-basic Commercial Development - Early Downtown Anoka
• Industrial Development - Sawmills and Anoka During Maturation of The Railroad Network
• Industrial Development - New Industry in Anoka Made Possible by Growing Rail Connections
• Industrial Development - Flour Mills
• Basic Industrial Development: Anoka - Industrial Agglomeration and the Mature Rail Network
• Basic Industrial Development - Electricfication
• Nonbasic Commercial Development - Anoka: Downtown at Its Peak During the Late Railroad Era
• Nonbasic Commercial Development - Downtown Anoka: Then and Now
• Early Public Transportation
• Public Transportation - Streetcar Connection to Minneapolis
• Decline of the Railroads

Early Auto Era

• Overview - Highways
• Highway Development
• First Significant Developments, Highway 10 and 169
• Residential and Commercial Development Along Highways
• Overview - Mature Highway System
• Population in the Early Auto Era
• Housing in the Early Auto Era

Advanced Auto Era

• Overview - Interstates
• Overview - Key Highway Improvements
• The Post World War II Boom
• Population Changes
• Changes In Farming I
• Changes in Farming II
• Changes in Farming III
• The Commuting Population
• Changes in Housing Styles
• State of Development
• Blaine - A City Divided
• Declining Inner Ring Suburbs
• Slow Growth - Lino Lakes
• Ham Lake - Limited Centralized Planning
• Commercial Change: The Decline of Commercial Activity in Downtown Anoka
• Commercial Change: Downtown Anoka Historic Landscapes as Marketing Tools
• The Auto Era's Impact on the Industrial Landscape: Landuse Change on the Rum River in Anoka
• Anoka v. The Sprawling Giants - Anoka's plan for future growth and development
• The future of Transit - The Northstar Commuter Rail and the Anoka Commuter Rail Transit Village

Development Issues

• Commercial Development Background I
• Commercial Development Background II
• The Booming Suburb of Blaine: How recent commercial development affected a growing suburb
• The Booming Suburb of Blaine: Strip mall mania
• The Booming Suburb of Blaine - Traditional mall suffers
• A Difference of Opinion: Intro
• A Difference of Opinion: Blaine - creating the ultimate suburban experience I
• A Difference of Opinion: Blaine - creating the ultimate suburban experience II
• A Difference of Opinion: Blaine - creating the ultimate suburban experience III
• A Difference of Opinion: Blaine - creating the ultimate suburban experience IV
• A Difference of Opinion: Blaine - creating the ultimate suburban experience V
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life I
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life II
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life III
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life IV
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life V
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life VI
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life VII
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life VIII
• A Difference of Opinion: Ham Lake - the Country Life IX