Fortuna
Village - Finlayson
Township, Section 11 - Fortuna was platted in January 1857 and was
incorporated May 19,1857. It was to be the county seat for the new
Buchanan County (May 1857- March 1861), which is now the northern
part of Pine County. The investors believed the village would grow
because of the stagecoach stop that was already there and with
lumbering companies coming to the area. Fortuna had a hotel, and
traces of other foundations that might have been businesses or houses
have been found. The Rocky
Dam Relay Station was on
the site before Fortuna. It was a stagecoach rest stop that was
built in 1855 for $5,000 and was owned by Burbank Merrian & Co.
of St. Paul. Some have claimed that Fortuna was on the site that
later became Sandstone, but it was not. Sandstone is actually about
six miles farther south.
Sandstone
the Quarry City-page 11; Pine County and its Memories-page
107
Friesland Village - Dell Grove
Township, Sections 25 and 36 - In 1895 the Theodore F. Koch Land
Company was hired by the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad to sell
railroad land
in Pine County. It started
sending out advertisements to the Dutch communities of Holland about
the great farming land in Pine County, Minnesota. Friesland was
built to accommodate the immigrants
that were coming from Holland. They had a number of businesses, a
post office (1896-1917), and a railroad station.
Minnesota
Place Names-page 442; Pine County and its Memories-page 96
Groningen Village - Dell Grove
Township, Section 1 - Groningen
started out with
the name of Miller Station.
The St. Paul and Duluth
Railroad established a flag stop and section house in 1870 at Miller,
and by 1890 a depot was moved there. A post office called Belknap
was established (1877-1881) at Miller. After the 1894 fire the
immigrants
that were coming from Holland purchased land in and around Miller and
changed the name to Groningen. The village had a number of
businesses, a school, and a post office (1896-1913 and 1917-1954).
Minnesota
Place Names-page 442; Pine County and its Memories-page 96
Harlis
Village - Nickerson
Township, Section
1 - The Soo Line Railroad had a depot at Harlis. The village had a
school and a post office (1914-1932). There were also a few houses
built around the depot. Nothing is left of the village now.
Minnesota
Place Names-page 442; Pine County and its Memories-page 253
Holly
Community or Center -
Danforth Township, Section 21 on
Fleming Road
- This
community was a staging center
for loggers'
supplies that were coming
from Grantsburg, Wisconsin,
and also a
location for loggers to pick up their mail.
Pine
County and its Memories-page 209
Hustletown
Community - Chengwatana
Township, Section 19 - There are a number of nationalities that
settled near Hustletown. The community had a school and a church with
a cemetery.
Pine
County and its Memories-page 3; One Hundred Years in Pine County-page
135
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