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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Historic look at Eagan for 125th birthday celebration - 7/1/1985 C You Can Bank On Us... Your First Financial Institution 4i4 4 NO NEmeskpw Bank FAgan Serving you from 2 convenient locations 9 s.,. y 454-3300 Main Office Yankee Square Office 3900 Sibley Memorial Hwy. Yankee Doodle & Pilot Knob (Near Cedarvale) (Near Yankee Square) 24 Hour banking available with your MinnesotaMoneye Cash Card 12t EQtlAI MOUSING LENDER Eagan Birthday Edition - Week of. July 1, 1985 - Page 7- Recollections of Eagan p i The Shields Sorgum Store and warehouse on Third Street in St. Paul, 1904. A horsepowered hayloader with steel wheels. Pictured are (from left) Walter Sell and Leone Sell - Wachter. _ 'r : ~v".,,'"""'°e` 'tea k• ~ ~ ~ A' 'v ~ 1 ~C °F Bobby Hinze with shotgun and rabbit. An onion harvest on the farm of Frank Sell, Sr., 1917. Pictured are Ted Wachter renovating pasture on his dairy farm. (from left) Alma Franzmeier Sell, William, Frank, Erwin and Fred. HAUGE, ven WhenYoth e S1llTll & HIDE P.A. NThe ra Eagan Attorneys You In The General Practice Of Law Real Estate/Land Development i ou Corporations Information. No matter where u're Wills/Estate Planning headed, the right financial infor- Probate mation can get you there faster. Personal Injury In the short term, it can help you make the most of "right Condemnation HRA- CHECKING now' opportunities. And get the most out of immediate cash. Traffic/Criminal Over the long run, it can Dissolutions help you build financial strength `IF through sound planning and intelligent choices. Because you'll know where you're going l l and how to get there. IMS 1 At your First Bank, we Paul H. Hau 1F i' can provide the financial infor- ga Bradley Sim T O mation you need. As part of L the First Bank System, we have Kevin W. Eide Ralph W. Corey expertise few can match-and the resources to put your plans to work. And as your financial partner, we're anxious to see you come out ahead. Because MONEY MARKET when you win, we all win. Coming Ill First: Cedarvale Professional Building (Behind Minnesota Bank Eagan) 3908 Sibley Memorial Highway First Banks 454-4224 Members First Bank System 1985 First Bank System Members FDIC Page 8 - Eagan Birthday Edition - Week of July 1, 1985 l - - Not `4 School District 104 students, 1946. Teacher Carol Mexiner (front). Students are (left row, front to aY back) Laura Priebe, Jerry Dittman, Gloria Rahn, Lorraine Slater, Robert Rahn, Jerry Slater, (second Herbert Polzin, Eagan's first row) Bill Savers, Eileen Slater, Grover Doebel, Billy mayor, at about six month of age. Slater, Roy Rueger, Eldoris Rahn, (third row) Frances Adelman, Tommie Slater, Dorothy Slater, Lorna Rahn, Howard Adelman, Loren Dittman, (fourth row) Teresa Slater, Herbert Adelman, Charles Lehman and Harold Adelman. y.. `<2 E a J0 A team pulling a blade for road work. Fin photos courtesy of the Eagan Celebration Father Austin Ravoux of St. Peter's The Bernier and Sons store in Mendota. The store was Committee and the book "Lone Oak Catholic Church in Mendota at patronized by northern residents of Eagan. Years." about 1850. (2'X2'! ©Happy Bi-rthday Eagan! ISIIM=IKM MEATS-SEAFOOD ' SIMEK S THICK LEAN We're giving out RALEIaW Rebates! GROUND BEEF PATTIES ' Additional $5-$10-$15-$20 OFF ' on selected bikes - BMX - Touring - All Terrain. While Supplies Last. Sport Touring All Terrain Sportit Reg. $199.95 $144°5 w/rebate Grand per 1b. Record Reg. $239.95 516495 w/rebate Mesa Reg. $272.95 199.95 w/rebate ' 40 per 10 lb. box Pursuit Reg. $259.95 118995 w/rebate Teton Reg. $363.95 270.95 w/rebate Marathon Reg. $285.95 1199°6 w/rebate Seneca Reg. $436.95 324.95 w/rebate ' Not good with any other offer. Coupon expires 7/6/85 i Olympian Reg. $309.95 123995 w/rebate Elkhorn Reg. $490.95 364.95 w/rebate 940 Hastings Ave. 1468 Yankee Doodle Rd. 135 E. 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Q Alaska Cruise 7 nt. w/air from $999 10 /o case discount 'I California round trip from $149 London round trip from $559 454-3346 Adventure World Travel Cedarvale Mall Weddings - Parties - Other Occasions Delivery & Bartending Services Available 454-5227 Eagan Birthday Edition - Week of July 1, 1985 - Page 9 The Lone Oak Tree, REC16 GRAND OLD SALE a communication link RECIE'S entire inventory of spring and summer fashions will be on by Amy O'Marro The bur oak tree that once stood in sale. RECIE'S everyday low prices northeastern Eagan continues to serveasa are at least 30% OFF of retail, communication link and as a symbol for f the city. but for this sale, prices will be i # s The'lone'orburoaktree wasaplace reduced by another 25% OFF! where official town notices, letters and advertisements were posted. Its location Don't miss this sale. was where highways 49 and 55 now merge. "Remember, RECIE'S is NOW OPEN SUNDAYS, 12-5 p.m. The oak was estimated to be between 200 and 300 years old at the time it was cut aa" eael e1 ~ eael eaal eaal eat eael aa~ aaal eael eaal q p 3 $5 (clip and use) $51 down, according to the book "Lone Oak $5.00 OFF ANY PURCHASE ' . Years." HOURS: MON & TOURS 1 It was during the dairy farming days that ' Minimum - $25.00 purchase - includes sale merchandise ~~J//V' TUES-WED-FRI$ SAT the tree was widely used for information, 10 AM-5:30 PM ' Receive an additional $5.00 off any purchase SUNDAY according to the book. At that time, a huge ' when you present this coupon at RECIE'S SAMPLE SHOP 12-5PM wooden tank of water sat in the tree's ' Sample Shop. One coupon per customer. 1975 Seneca Road 45a•77zo shade. Farmers would leave their milk LS COUPON EXPIRES JULY 10, 1985 $5 cans in the cool water until the cans could 16- Eagan be picked up by the milk hauler and delivered to the creamery. " A reporter for a West St. Paul newspaper 25t brought 'Lone Oak' into popular use with E TN~ his column entitled "Lone Oak News" in B~T the late 1920s. The column was about ELE residents and their activities, according to c SYLE "Lone Oak Years." 4LIAN Community support saved the tree from IT~ destruction in 1974 when the state The Lone Oak Tree, 1976 Arbor highway department wanted to cut it down. Day program. The Rev. Richard Krenzke and school ii children of Trinity Lone Oak Church photo courtesy of the book "Lone Oak Carbon's Is a sure bet /c 1655 Yankee Doodle Road helped to save the tree and its historical Years." for good food! ~eJ EAGAN significance. Treat ash and yourfamilytoour deep 452-6000 n delicious us speghettrruntsta A bicentennial program on Arbor Day, memorate the original lone oak on land e tool ool crust plue de that's east t o oa n pizza thhee budg budgtet tool thin . April 30, 1976 designated the oak as a near Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church. Q I Heritage Tree. The program was spon- Thetree still serves as a communication COUPON COUPON I sored by the Minnesota State Horticultural link for the city, depicted on the front of Ci- FREE CHAMPAGNE Society. The bur oak was also I isted in the ty Hall and on city stationery. JULY 4 5 6 1000FF I American Forestry Association's book "Lone Oak Years" conclusion isreminis- l I "Famous and Historic Trees." cent of the bur oak tree, "The Lone Oak With Coupon. 1 Pollution and the blacktopping near the Tree is gone, but it still carries a message: glass per coupon. I PLUS A FREE QUART OF 4th of July hours: tree on Highway 55 finally caused the tree's much of the city's personality depends on l Thurs. 4-11, Fri. 11 a.m.-midnight I Not valid with any other offer. Expires July 29.1985 demise. The tree was cut down April 9, the things that happened therein the Saturday 11 a.m.-midnight I 1665 Yankee Doodle Road 1A mile east of Hwy. 13 past. EAt3AN 4524000 on Yankee Doodle Rd. 1983 by the highway department. A plaque Eagan's history, as wel I as the Lone Oak, L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and the planting of a young oak tree com- won't be forgotten. They are part of us." Happy Merrill Lynch Birthday Realty/Burnet Eagan! salutes The City SIGNAL HILLS BANK of Iagan. THE RESPONSIVE BANK Helping the community is our business. So today we're honored to salute the City of Eagan on their 125th Birthday. Signal Hills Office 457-1776 We're "Bullish" on Birthdays! 100 Signal Hills, West St. Paul 55118 Merrill Lynch Southview Office 457-1776 2060 South Robert St., West St. Paul 55118 Realty Eagan Office and Burnet Financial Resource Center 452-9200 1480 Yankee Doodle Road, Eagan 55112 Dakota Co. Office 452-9200 4655 4Nicols 52-5950Eagan Member FDIC Page 10 -,!Eagan Birthday Edlt(op - Wee(c of ~1y1y 1, 1 qQ4