Slab Town Traditional Cache

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Gat R Done: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you have any questions, please contact me via email (gatrdoneMN@gmail.com) and include the GC#.

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Hidden : 5/12/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A lumber mill neighborhood on the north side of Anoka.

On the west side of the Rum River were several neighborhoods including Slab Town, which was located north of Main Street along the Rum River. Slab Town was primarily inhabited by workers from the neighborhood lumber mills.

"Martinville was that portion of the Anoka settlement on the west bank of the Rum River and south of the existing railroad tracks. The owner of the first saw mill located there was Martin, which explains the origin of the name. Later, when the mill was operated by the St. Paul Lumber Company, and even later by Reed & Sherwood, the location was known as Slabtown."



William D. Washburn also had a lumber and flour mill in the Slabtown area.

"In any enumeration of those to whom the industrial interests of Anoka stand most largely indebted first place must be given to Hon. William D. Washburn of Minneapolis, and his business associate, Major William D. Hale of the same city. Under the firm name of W.D. Washburn & Co. they began the erection of a large and thoroughly equipped saw mill at Anoka in 1872. This mill had an annual capacity of sixteen million feet of lumber, and, with its complement of planning mills, dry kilns, etc., furnished employment to about 125 men. For seventeen years, logs from the headwaters of Rum river and its tributaries were floated down to this mill, and the product manufactured there from was shipped far and wide throughout the Northwest. About 1875 the company was organized as a corporation under the name of the Washburn Mill Company, with substantially the same ownership, and in 1880 the Lincoln Flour Mill was constructed, with a capacity of 600-700 barrels of flour per day. In the great fire of August 16, 1884 the Lincoln mill was destroyed, but owing to the elaborate precautions of F.L. Pinney, its superintendent, the sawmill and lumber yards were saved. A new Lincoln mill quickly rose from the ashes of the old mill, equipped with the latest improved machinery, which still continues to furnish employment to many residents of Anoka. The new mill has a capacity of 1600 barrels of flour per day."


The Great 1884 Fire in Anoka. O.K., Who brought the marshmallows?

A pretty quick grab on a side street in Anoka. Watch out for muggles and have fun!

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