A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance of Two Proposed Bank Unloading Areas, East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesota,
Abstract
The investigations consisted of (1) a records and literature search to identify previously recorded cultural resources and to assess the potential for identifying unrecorded resources; and (2) a field reconnaissance combining deep coring, transect testing, and surface survey to identify unrecorded resources. The northern unloading area (North Area) was part of the property of Leon Suprenant, one of three original homesteaders in the East Grand Forks vicinity. No architectural or archeological evidence definitely linked Suprenant's tenure was identified. No prehistoric or significant cultural resources were identified in the North Area. The southern unloading area (South Area) includes the former sites of a brewery and a sawmill, both of which were associated with significant historic events and themes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century development of East Grand Forks. Both structures have been razed. A multiple component archeological site, 21PL17, is identified in the South Area, including remains of the sawmill foundation, a light density prehistoric component, and a potentially significant twentieth century landfill. The latter deposits may span the interval 1911 to ca. 1930, a time that witnessed social and economic changes in East Grand Forks, including the institution of Prohibition, and the transition of the city from an industrial center, focused on the manufacture and distribution of lumber and liquor, to an agricultural center.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA152416
Entities
People
- J. A. Artz
Organizations
- University of North Dakota