This week in St. Francis
Nothing on St. Francis’s calendar for the next two weeks yet.
About St. Francis
St. Francis grew up on the Rum River, where Dwight Woodbury built a dam, a mill and the first house in 1855. The river was named for Francis of Assisi back in 1680, and the town took the same name. A big flour mill, a starch plant and a canning factory kept it busy in the late 1800s, and the Woodbury family home became the Riverside Hotel, now the Rum River Inn. These days neighbors gather for Pioneer Days, a yearly celebration that began in 1964.