Members of San Francisco Township Citizens’ Advisory Committee recently celebrated the new designation of the San Francisco Town Hall on the National Register of Historic Places. This status enables the group to apply for state Legacy funds to restore the former one-room District 22 schoolhouse, built in 1917. The building, located off of Homestead Road Read more about San Francisco Town Hall on National Register[…]

In June 1868, Civil War hero, Army surgeon, and one-term Rep. A.A. “Doc” Ames — who would later become one of the most corrupt mayors in Minneapolis history — relocated from Minnesota to Northern California to try his hand in the newspaper business. In his first month in town, he sent the following dispatch back Read more about Exploring a Carver County ghost town: San Francisco, Minn.[…]