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Description: The historic depot, a former rail station that was later redeveloped into a community coffee house, Hopkins, Minnesota, USA. The depot was pivotal in the naming of the town: In 1928, the name of the village was changed to Hopkins after Harley H. Hopkins, who was among its first homesteaders and was the community's first postmaster. Mr. Hopkins allowed the town to build the train depot on his land (now The Depot Coffee House) with the agreement that the train station would say "Hopkins" on it. People getting off the train assumed the name of the town was Hopkins and it stuck.
Title: 2009-0612-05-HopkinsDepot
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