The Halloween Blizzard of 1991
Do you remember the Halloween Blizzard of 1991? These photos, taken by Linda Baumeister for Lillie Newspapers, show the Hill-Murray High School sign advertising “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” buried in snow, a Twins-themed Jack-o-lantern, and Mike Alfieri and his friends Joe,
Happy 66th Birthday, Maplewood!
Guess who's turning 66?! And YOU get the presents along with a week of fun Maplewood history! We're only a week away from Maplewood's 66th birthday! In a vote at the New Canada Township Hall on February 26, 1957, locals decided
Becoming a city
The area that became Maplewood was first surveyed in October 1847 by the federal government to create townships Number 28 and Number 29, a total of 72 square miles. In 1858, when Minnesota became a state, residents created local town
A Brief History of Maplewood
Earliest Inhabitants The earliest known residents of Maplewood were from the Native American Woodland Culture and are estimated to have lived here between 500 B.C. and A.D. 1500. Stone arrowheads and pottery shards have been found along Fish Creek from Carver
The History of The Bruentrup Heritage Farm – 1891 – 2010
In 1891, German emigrant William Bruentrup married Ida Wagner and the bride’s family gave them 40 acres of farmland on the east side of White Bear Avenue (just south of today’s Lydia Avenue) as a wedding present. They built today’s
