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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Boesel, Anna -PC 64339 No. 20HX11 PIONEER PRESS PHOTOS BY CRAIG BORCK The last section of roof is removed Thursday from the 90-year-old barn in Eagan, which will be put back together at Murphy's Landing living history site in Shakopee. It's costing $40,000 to take apart the barn and move it. Old barn gets new life on living history site • Murphy's Landing finds what it needs BILL GARDNER STAFF WRITER The old barn is coming down, its cornfields replaced by a Cub Foods store. If 85-year-old Anna Boesel feels a twinge of sadness at the loss of the family's barn, she doesn't show it. "It doesn't bother me," said Boesel, quick with a laugh as she looked out her kitchen window at a world closing in on her old Eagan farmhouse. BARN CONTINUED ON 46 I. Anna Boesel, 85, watches as the barn on her Eagan farm is dismantled. 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Rose Sofa 100% Top grai hardwood fra Stocked and di available in 3 It Loveseat'949. ( 10A Apple Valley/Rosemount, Eagan Sun•Current/Wednesday, Aug. 16. 1995 Barn From Front Page old-fashioned games and demon- strations. The barn will be dedi- cated at 6 p.m., followed by a dance until 10 p.m. Music will be provided by the Sir Brothers Band. Admission to the village is $10 for adults; $8 for students and senior citizens. Children up to age 5 are free when accompa- nied by an adult. A $2 discount is available when purchased in ad- vance. Tickets are available at the Shakopee Chamber of Com- merce, Shakopee County Mar- ket, Norwest and Marquette banks in Shakopee. Pig, Pony & A Party Looking For A Unique Idea For Your Chi1d'c The last section of roof is lifted out of place at the Boesel Barn in Eagan on July 27. (Bill Jones/Staff Photographer) Apple Valley/Rosemount, Eagan Sun•Current/Wednesday, Aug. io, �. Jute ends suicide h is punishable by up to 10 s in prison and a $20,000 , said Charlie Diemers, as - ant district attorney in rota County. ,ast year in Dakota County, stalking -related crimes went -ough the court system, emers said. Even though the county does- c keep statistics on the number restraining order violations, iere's "anecdotal information eat restraining orders don't eter people," Diemers said. Chief Justice Ed Lynch said )ut of a docket of 100 cases, one or two are restraining order vio- lations. Nevertheless, the number of restraining orders issued in cases of domestic abuse in Dako- ta County went from 307 in 1988 to more than 800 in 1994. While the number of restrain- ing orders rises, it doesn't neces- BARN CONTINUED FROM 18 But the 90-year-old barn isn't dying. It's merely leaving. Work- ers are carefully dismantling it for a move to Murphy's Landing in Shakopee, where it will be put back together and spruced up for new generations to enjoy. Murphy's Landing is a living history site with buildings ar- ranged in chronological order to depict the history of the Minnesota River Valley. The site's previous barn burned down two years ago, and officials have been looking for a replacement. Boesel's barn is a post -and - beam type with hand-hewn pegs that hold it together. It will cost $40,000 to take it apart and move it to Murphy's Landing. In Boesel's lifetime, Eagan has gone from an area of mostly farms to an area of hardly any farms. She and her husband, Fred, who died four years ago, took over the farm in 1930, about four de- cades before Eagan became a city. The family went to St. Paul for clothes and to West St. Paul for groceries. They didn't get electric- ity until 1937 and indoor plumbing until 1946. Anna Boesel still lives in the two-story brick farmhouse on the small plot she and her husband retained after selling the 120-acre farm to Hoffman Development in 1969. The past two decades have brought the world to her doorstep. Interstate 35E now runs along the edge of the old farm, with a Tar- get and a Cub Foods on another edge. Hoffman is planning to build townhomes in September next to a small lake that was on the farm. The Cub store is within easy walking distance, but her husband didn't like it. "He wouldn't go shopping there and didn't like it if I did," Boesel said. "He said you should patron- ize the smaller stores. But I shop there. Why shouldn't I? It's right out the front door." From inside, the farmhouse still looks rural. A heavy -haired collie named Duchess is stretched out on the kitchen floor of linoleum squares. A wood stove sits in kitchen, and the woodwork is oak. Boesel's six daughters visit fre- quently, and she says they are more upset about the barn's com- ing down than she is. They loved to play in the hayloft, and one daughter had her wedding dance in the barn. "They think things should stay as they were," Boesel said. The barn will arrive at Mur- phy's Landing in early August to be reassembled and painted red. On Aug. 20, an old-fashioned barn raising is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Murphy's Landing is seeking do- nations to help with the cost of moving the barn, and also volun- teer painters. Major donations of money and materials have been made by Spookyworld, Coca Cola, the Stans Foundation and Home Valu. For more information, con- tact Murphy's Landing at 445-6901. h h n '1 r B ti n e. t1 IT P G n u Ir 3. cl IT IT p a. CI tI T ti C c c tl li Shindig planned for Boesel Barn dedication • Murphy's Landing to use former Eagan barn as interpretive area for large school groups. By Sue Hegarty Staff Writer An Eagan barn's summer -long move and restoration culminates Aug. 20 in an old fashioned "Barn Raising Shindig" at its new location. After the shindig, the barn will be used for farm life interpretation and as an ed- ucation area for large school groups. It will house a portion of Spookyworld, a new Halloween theme park opening in October. The barn, formerly owned by Eagan residents Anna Boesel and her late hus- band, Fred, was moved off its foundation last week and set on another at Murphy's Landing, a historical village in Shakopee just west of Savage on Highway 101. "I am happy that our barn will be pre- served at Murphy's Landing. I hope many generations to come will enjoy it," Boesel said. A fire two years ago destroyed the barn that the Boesel barn is replacing. It is the first Eagan building to be added to the historical village. "It is especially appropriate that this building is coming to our site. It will make a great addition to our facility," said Shirley Olson, executive director for Mur- phy's Landing. The village is a living history site con- sisting of buildings from the 1800s arranged in chronological order to depict the history of the Minnesota River Valley. Hoffman Development purchased the land under the barn from Boesels in the late 1960s. Hoffman, who plans on build- ing townhouses on the farmland, donated the barn to Murphy's Landing. It was dismantled in sections by Stubbs Building Movers with special care because of its post -and -beam construction and the hand-hewn pegs that held it to- gether. Moving crews delivered the barn Aug. 8 and volunteers began painting it Aug. 9 in anticipatitGof the shindig, said Olson. A full day's activities are scheduled for Aug. 20, beginning with an 11 a.m. church service. Activities include story telling, tethered balloon rides, children's theater, BARN: To Page 10A Y CRAIG ONE CK ection of roof Is removed Thursday from the 90-year-old barn In Eagan, whichPlwillEbe puts backBtogetherRat .anding living history site in Shakopee. It's costing $40,000 to take apart the barn and move It. barn gets new life wing history site hy's Landing finds what it needs ER S IAFF WRITER trn is coming down, its cornfields replaced by a Cub -old Anna Boesel feels a twinge of sadness at the amily's barn, she doesn't show it. bother me," said Boesel, quick with a laugh as she er kitchen window at a world closing in on her old louse. BARN CONTINUED ON 4B ► Anna Boesel, 85, watches as the barn on her Eagan farm is dismantled. Her six daughters are more upset about the barn's coming down than she is, she said. ■11 ■ a fi SI ci d, sl cc fi bi ch sp aI Dt eh bal grc hui cli: do, go, on fiel 1 Prc and yea pull 1 ing its. BARN:. • CONTINUED FROM 18 But the 90-year-old barn isn't dying.It's merely leaving. Work- ers are carefully dismantling it for a move to Murphy's Landing in Shakopee, where it will be put back together and spruced up for new generations to enjoy. an..l Interstate 35E now runs along the edge of the old farm, with a Tar- get and a Cub Foods on another edge. Hoffman is planning to build townhomes in September next to a small lake that was on the farm. The Cub store is within easy walking distance, but her husband didn't like it. "He wouldn't go shopping there and didn't like it if I did," Boesel h Boesel Anna A., age 91, of Eagan, died on Feb. 14, 2002. Preceded in death by loving husband, Fred; and son-in-law, Stanley Sell. Survived by daugh- ters, Laverne (Kenneth) Detlefsen, Irlene (Joseph) Schuster, Lucille Sell, Ruth (Alvin) Volkmann Irma (Douglas) Bork and Judy (Barry) Fletcher; 8 grandchildren; 15 great- grandchildren; 1 great - great -grandson; and s ters-Iinlaw, Ella and Dorothy Englert. Funeral Service 2pm Tue at TRINITY LONE AK CHURCH, 2950 Hwy. 55, Eagan. Visitation 4- 8pm Monday at KLE-. CATSKY & SONS FU- NERAL HOME, 1580 Century Point (Yankee Doodle @ Coachman), Eagan, and 1-2pm Tues- day at church. Interment Trinity Lone Oak Church Cemetery. Memorials preferred to church or donor's choice. J. S. Jllecatsky & Sons - }Eagan Funeral Home r 651-454-9488