Document - Historical information/data - Eagan Timeline Abbreviated Overview - 1/25/2010Quick Glimpse Eagan Timeline Vertical Time Line
150 Years
Printed on January 25, 2010
Year Details
1774-1824 Eagan's First Inhabitants:
1774-1824 Native American tribes inhabit Black Dog Village near today's Cedar Avenue Bridge
1820-1850 First European Settlers:
1820-1850 Ft. Snelling built, MN Territory established, Wescott Inn near today's Wescott Rd. & Highway 149
1858 Minnesota statehood:
1858 MN becomes the 32nd US State
1956-1967 1935-1954 Progress:
First snowplow in 1935; rural electric service begins; men and women go off to war, first housing
editions platted, 1949; and population nears 1,200.
1970-1979
1956-1967 Eagan Grows Again:
Lull Engr. Eagan's first industrial site; Volunteer Fire Dept. established 1963; 1 st 4th of July parade
1980-1995 in '65; Cedarvale Ctr. opens; first police chief hired, Sperry opens
1970-1979 It's Official:
2000 -Present Blue Cross opens; Eagan becomes City in 1974 with first mayor (Polzin); 1976 first $ only City
Administrator hired; new Cedar Bridge opens bypassing Cedar Grove.
2010 1980-1995 Fastest Growing:
NWA & West Publishing open HQ's; 494 & 35-E open, rapid population growth
2000 -Present A Livable City:
Eagan twice named to Top 20 Most Livable Cities in the U.S.; becomes leading employer especially
with tech jobs; redevelopment begins, full-time fire chief hired, E -TV opens.
2010 Eagan's 150th Birthday:
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1860 Eagan formed:
1860
Eagan created as township by act of MN Legislature. First township meeting held
1862-1867 Early development:
1862-1867
Near Northview, first school built; population 560; Huard's Halfway House opens where Stark's is
today; railway flag stations and later train depots at Westcott & also Nicols.
1885-1920
1885-1920 Onion Capitol:
Esdras Bernier introduces onion farming to Eagan/Mendota and area becomes onion capitol of U.S.
until diminishing after the turn of the century as Texas market emerges.
1896
1896 First Town Hall Built:
Located at Pilot Knob and Lone Oak, it later burned to the ground
1900-1914
1900-1914 Growing Eagan:
Scott's General Store; Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran (current church) built; population nears 1,000; and
1918-1933
second Town Hall built in 1914 (still standing.)
1918-1933 Milk, Moonshine & More:
1935-1954
Dairy farms/milk haulers become main incomes, taking over from onions & sorghum production;
Prohibition and moonshining in Eagan; 1st planecrash 1921; KSTP Radio Center, 1928.
1956-1967 1935-1954 Progress:
First snowplow in 1935; rural electric service begins; men and women go off to war, first housing
editions platted, 1949; and population nears 1,200.
1970-1979
1956-1967 Eagan Grows Again:
Lull Engr. Eagan's first industrial site; Volunteer Fire Dept. established 1963; 1 st 4th of July parade
1980-1995 in '65; Cedarvale Ctr. opens; first police chief hired, Sperry opens
1970-1979 It's Official:
2000 -Present Blue Cross opens; Eagan becomes City in 1974 with first mayor (Polzin); 1976 first $ only City
Administrator hired; new Cedar Bridge opens bypassing Cedar Grove.
2010 1980-1995 Fastest Growing:
NWA & West Publishing open HQ's; 494 & 35-E open, rapid population growth
2000 -Present A Livable City:
Eagan twice named to Top 20 Most Livable Cities in the U.S.; becomes leading employer especially
with tech jobs; redevelopment begins, full-time fire chief hired, E -TV opens.
2010 Eagan's 150th Birthday:
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