Researched and written by LaJune Troolin
Quarry Settlement - Finlayson Township, Section 34-35 - In 1892 the Water Power Sandstone Company began operating in the quarries by Hells Gate. That same year St. Paul & Duluth Railroad put a spur in from Miller (Groningen) to the quarry, and between 300 and 500 men were employed at the quarry. A boarding house was located near the quarry for the employees. At the time of the 1894 fire, the boarding house was not burnt, and the Sandstone survivors were able to walk there for help after their town was destroyed.
Banning Village - Finlayson Township, Section 34 - In 1896 Martin Ring bought property near the Water Power Sandstone Company and persuaded the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad to extend the tracks of the spur 1/3 mile to where he started quarry operations. He platted the village above the quarry and named it Banning after W. L. Banning, who was a past president for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad.
The village had close to 300 people. There were two hotels, a general store, saloon, school, post office (1896-1912), boarding houses, etc. By 1905 the quarry work was finished. The Barber Asphalt Company, who had started operating a few years before, continued to operate and give employment. The asphalt company closed in 1912 and of the Banning population only four families were left.
Brochure Banning Park; Pine County, Minnesota, Minnesota Place Names-page 439; Pine County and its Memories-page 107
Quarry Settlement - Finlayson Township, Section 34-35 - In 1892 the Water Power Sandstone Company began operating in the quarries by Hells Gate. That same year St. Paul & Duluth Railroad put a spur in from Miller (Groningen) to the quarry, and between 300 and 500 men were employed at the quarry. A boarding house was located near the quarry for the employees. At the time of the 1894 fire, the boarding house was not burnt, and the Sandstone survivors were able to walk there for help after their town was destroyed.
Banning Village - Finlayson Township, Section 34 - In 1896 Martin Ring bought property near the Water Power Sandstone Company and persuaded the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad to extend the tracks of the spur 1/3 mile to where he started quarry operations. He platted the village above the quarry and named it Banning after W. L. Banning, who was a past president for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad.
The village had close to 300 people. There were two hotels, a general store, saloon, school, post office (1896-1912), boarding houses, etc. By 1905 the quarry work was finished. The Barber Asphalt Company, who had started operating a few years before, continued to operate and give employment. The asphalt company closed in 1912 and of the Banning population only four families were left.
Brochure Banning Park; Pine County, Minnesota, Minnesota Place Names-page 439; Pine County and its Memories-page 107
Beldon
Village -
Beldon
Township,
Section 1 - The village of Beldon was established in 1912 when the
Soo Line Railroad began operating through that area
and was incorporated in 1921. The village received its name from
Grace Beldon, a lady who worked in the Tri-state land office in
Minneapolis. Beldon was primarily a lumbering and pulpwood town. It
had a general store, post office (1913-1943), depot, blacksmith shop,
school, etc. The little village was auctioned off in November 1943.
Minnesota
Place Names-page 440; Pine County and its Memories-page 314
Big
Spring Camp (Fox's
Logging Camp) - Hinckley
Township,
then
Sandstone Township,
section 15
- It was one of the largest
logging camps in the area and
was still operating after the 1894 fire.
Pine County and its Memories-page 148
Blomskog
Community
(Swedish
meaning "blooming forest")
- Windemere
Township, Section 10
-
The Blomskog
church was established on
July 13, 1897,
by a Swedish Lutheran Congregation.
It was named
after their parish in Värmland,
Sweden. The church closed on
October 27, 1968.
The Blomskog cemetery is in
Section 8.
Minnesota Place Names-page 440; Pine County and its Memories-page 83
Browns
Hill Community
- Mission
Creek Township, Sections
33-34 and
Pokegama Township Sections
3-4
- This may have been an early site of Beroun.
Minnesota Place Names-page 440
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