Hinckley Minnesota Stoneware Crock & Pitcher 100 Year Commemoratives 1885-1985

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Hinckley Minnesota Stoneware Crock & Pitcher 100 Year Commemoratives 1885-1985.
Excellent Vintage Condition! Pitcher/ Creamer has a glazing flaw please see photos................
Great Set of Limited Edition Commemoratives
Made by Arrowhead Pottery USA
HINCKLEY MINNESOTA CENTENNIAL 1885 - 1985
Rare and Very Hard to Find Set Features Scenes of Logging and Farming
Crock Measures 4 3/4” tall by 4 1/2” in diameter
Pitcher/Creamer Measures 5 3/4” tall by 4 1/2” with including handle.
History:
The Ojibwe Indians were the first to settle the area. They trapped and hunted on the land and traded furs at the Mille Lacs and Pokegama trading posts.
When European settlers came to Hinckley area it was a heavily forested area with thick stands of white pine, some of the largest in the state. The first railroad arrived in Hinckley in 1869 and so began a logging and railroad expansion. The town was known as “Central Station” by the railroads because of its position halfway between the Twin Port of Duluth and Superior as well as the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. It was renamed in 1870 after Isaac Hinckley, president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. The town was officially incorporated in 1885. By 1894, Hinckley was a prosperous community with an estimated population nearing 2,000. It had everything needed to serve residents and the fast expanding lumber industry.
On Sept. 1, 1894, everything changed with a firestorm wiping out Hinckley and many northeastern Minnesota towns. Today the Hinckley Fire Museum tells the devastating story of what came to be called the Great Hinckley Fire and the town’s recovery from it. The museum is located in a restored railroad depot downtown, an exact replica of the pre-fire depot, built just after the fire.
The legacy of the fire is seen today throughout the world. It began the modern day conservation movement as an object lesson in how reckless management of our natural resources can bring dire circumstances.
After the fire, the burned stumps of the forests were cleared to take advantage of the now nutrient-rich soil. Hinckley’s recovery would hinge on agriculture. Some of the main crops were potatoes, fruits and vegetables. The early harvests were bountiful, and Pine County outshone other counties at the Minnesota State Fair each year. Abundant clover helped feed milk cows for a brisk dairy industry.
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