Overview
Development in the railroad era favored nodes and corridors along railroad lines. Places adjacent to railroads held a distinct situational advantage. Prior to the railroads, the only connection between the northern suburbs and the central Twin Cities were rudimentary wagon trails. The railroads provided the only viable means for urban and industrial development outside the central Twin Cities as well as facilitated market connections for farmers on the periphery.
This section is divided up into the following pages. You can use this index, or navigate using the BACK and NEXT links at the bottom of each page.
- 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
