Settling and beginning
The history of Maplewood goes back about 150 years. Before settlers arrived, the land in Maplewood was inhabited by the Dakota Indians. The landscape was a mix of scrub oak and prairie, with many marshes and lakes.
In 1850, a group of families ventured out from St. Paul along an old Indian trail which is now Hazelwood Street. They were the Bells, Caseys, Conlins, and Vincents. At today’s County Road C they turned to the east and began to build their log cabins. The sound of their axes alerted …