History of Eagan 2B • Market Fest 4B • Art Festival 10B • Old-Time Base Ball 12B • 150th Calendar of Events 16B
Since 1860
June, 18, 2010 Special Advertising Supplement
www.eagan150.com
Happy 150th Birthday, Eagan! L
ong before Eagan was considered a first-class suburb or Minnesota’s eighth-largest city, this small farming community, located near historic Fort Snelling, boasted a rich heritage that included Native Americans, French fur traders and European immigrants.
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agan got its official start in 1860, when the community was established as a township. Later that year, Lincoln would be elected president and South Carolina would secede from the Union. Times were turbulent. Continued on Page 2B
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