Halloween Capital
STATISTICS : Population 8,500 Located in Anoka County , 18 miles from Minneapolis – St . Paul Located on major highways U.S. No. 10 , 169 , 52 ; Minnesota No. 56 , 157 , 218 , 242 On Rum and Mississippi Rivers
Industrial Sites Available
TWIN CITIES
For further information , write or call collect Mr. Harry Duffy , Chairman , Industrial Development Committee , c / o Duffy Lumber Company , Anoka .
PRESENT INDUSTRIES : Poultry farms, Metai fabricators, Millwork plants
Firearm and cartridge manufacture Bread slicing machine manufacture Precision tool manufacture
RECREATION FACILITIES : Public golf course Municipal swimming pool being built 6 parks 3 tennis courts 3 skating rinks , ice 1 roller rink Many lakes within 10 miles
RAW MATERIALS AVAILABLE : Largely the same as in the Minneapolis area , including : Sand Gravel Clay Black dirt Peat
BUILDINGS AVAILABLE : None at present
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES : Great Northern Railroad
Local airport Northern Pacific Railroad Connection in Minneapolis with all trucking lines serving,Twin Cities
UTILITY SERVICE : Water from city wells Electricity by Northern States Power Company
Above : View of Anoka , a suburban city at the junction of the Rum and Mississippi Rivers , important because of its close proximity to the metropolitan Minneapolis – St . Paul area . It is sometimes called ” The Halloween Capitol of America ” because of its mammoth annual Halloween celebration .
-Minnesota. Department of Business Development. (1957). Minnesota welcomes new industry. St. Paul, Minn.: Dept. of Business Development.