Photo by Cliff BuchanFlorence Daninger reads through land transcripts and deeds tracing the history of the Daninger farm.
It was in 1855 when the first settlers reached what is today Forest Lake, occupying land on the north and south sides of the Forest Lake chain of lakes. In fact, some of Forest Lake’s first pioneers staked out land claims in what is Wyoming today.
By late in 1868, the railroad pushing north from St. Paul to Duluth had reached Forest Lake, setting the groundwork for the platting and settling of the Village of Forest Lake. By 1874, Forest Lake Township would organize and break off from Marine Township.broadstreet.zone(48036);
They were important steps for the eventual transformation of the old village and township into a north metro area suburban community with more than 19,000 residents.
But the settlement of Forest Lake has roots that date ever further than 1855. And land records exist today that
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