I love that you’re doing this. So much of history has been wiped. I’d be curious to see the who owned the property on Tonka after the fire, and who owns it now. I’ll look into that and post here.
Interesting on enough James J Hill originally owned it. He was a pioneer in a lot of cool things. After the fire he gave the land to William Whitney. The. There was ANOTHER fire. I’m going to dig more and get back to you. A brief history is on the website of the Lafayette Country club. I’m intrigued!
I love that you’re doing this. So much of history has been wiped. I’d be curious to see the who owned the property on Tonka after the fire, and who owns it now. I’ll look into that and post here.
Good question. I remember you writing about the area around you as well. It will take us all to piece it together.
Interesting on enough James J Hill originally owned it. He was a pioneer in a lot of cool things. After the fire he gave the land to William Whitney. The. There was ANOTHER fire. I’m going to dig more and get back to you. A brief history is on the website of the Lafayette Country club. I’m intrigued!