The City of Richfield, Minnesota: A Deep History Ride

Welcome back, friends, and thanks for riding along today. A narrated ride through The City of Richfield, Richfield, Minnesota. Real footage from the trail, with the deep history and natural history of the place: the geology that built it, the people whose homeland it is, and how it came to be protected. Filmed January 2024. CHAPTERS 0:00 Rolling Into The Green 0:52 Where On The Map 1:43 A First Ring Suburb 2:36 The Urban Hometown 3:26 A Patch Of Woods 4:15 When It Was Farm Country 5:05 The Truck Gardens 5:56 A Village Is Born 6:48 The Shape Of The Land 7:37 The Land Before 8:28 Roads And Rails Arrive 9:18 The Postwar Boom 10:13 The Sound Of Water 11:03 Homes For The Veterans 11:52 Streets Of Ramblers 12:45 From Village To City 13:39 A Gentle Meadow 14:29 The Home Of Best Buy 15:22 A Store On Every Screen 16:10 A City That Remembers Its Veterans 17:02 Among The Trees 17:51 Wood Lake Nature Center 18:39 Walking The Boardwalks 19:30 Life In The Marsh 20:21 Open Sky And Still Water 21:12 Parks For Every Season 22:04 Lakes And Waterways Nearby 22:55 The Civic Heart 23:47 A Quiet Stand Of Pines 24:36 Neighborhoods Under The Trees 25:30 A Community That Gathers 26:20 An Urban Hometown Today 27:09 The Road Winds On 27:59 Until The Next Ride CREDITS Music: Earth Prelude by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0. Narration is AI generated; history verified against public sources. @fruworldexplorer