Record of Town Business For The Year A.D. 1860

At a meeting held at the house of James Carney on the 3rd day of April A.D. 1860 for the purpose of electing Town officers for the ensuing year the poles wear opened at the regular hour and the following officers wear duly elected for Supervisors--Thomas Burns, Chairman; Chairman Thos. Hogan and Patrick Harkin, Town Clerk; Mickl Connelly, Note--Their wear no reports made of the business for the past year. On motion the meeting adjourned. All records previous to date wear lost.


County of Dakota State of Minnesota


[from the original, by Jo Lockwood



Chapter 15 An Act to Organize Certain Counties and for Other Purposes


March 5, 1853 DAKOTA COUNTY

Be it enacted by the legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, that so much territory as is contained in the following boundaries, be and the same is hereby created into the county of Dakota, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the Minnesota River at the mouth of Credit River, thence on a direct line to the upper branch of Cannon River, thence down said river to its lower fork as laid down on Nicollet's map, thence on a direct line to a point on the Mississippi River opposite the mouth of St. Croix lake, thence up the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Minnesota River, thence up the Minnesota River to the place of beginning. PROLOG

BURNSVILLE 76; A COMMUNITY HISTORY


THE CONCEPT... of doing a history of Burnsville, or parts of it, had been in the minds of several local citizens for a long time. Hand-written material, pictures, newspaper clippings, and oral history tapes had been accumulated over the years...waiting.

THE CATALYST... bringing these several people together as a committee was the Bicentennial. On Thursday, September 18, 1975 the first Heritage Committee Meeting was held at the library. From a "rag-tag" group of citizens, most of whom did not know each other, came the commitment to produce this book.

THE COMPETITION... is the result of thousands of hours of work, given in dedication, fraught with frustration. The group met every Thursday morning from the date of formation until June 19, 1976, the day of final layout.

THE CHALLENGE... the committee leaves, is twofold. First, for the citizens of Burnsville to accept this book for what it is; an attempt to bring together, for better or worse, SOMETHING about Burnsville's rich history. Second, for others to continue to document for the future the Heritage of this fine community.


Richard Brooks