Editing Chisago City, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Chisago City was founded in May 1857 by Anders Swenson, a Swedish immigrant from [[Småland]]. He was born in 1817 and came to America in 1850.<ref>[http://www.chisagocityheritage.org/ Chisago City Heritage of Chisago City MN, Chisago County<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The city took its name from [[Chisago Lake]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n127 108]}}</ref>

During 1852 only a few settlers arrived. John Smith came from [[Örtofta]] in the spring of that year. Ahead of him, he declared, were only five settlers at Chisago Lake.

During 1853-54 a substantial number of Swedish immigrants arrived, most of them from [[Kronoberg County]]. Most of the land around the lake was taken up and settled During the settlement's first three or four years. Later-arriving immigrants had to go farther into the country to secure homesteads.

Chisago City was originally settled one mile south, but when the [[railroad]] bypassed the town in 1880, the city moved closer to the railroad, as often happened during that time.<ref>[http://www.chisagocityheritage.org/1_beginning_copy(1).htm The Beginning<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617172527/http://www.chisagocityheritage.org/1_beginning_copy%281%29.htm |date=2007-06-17 }}</ref>