The photographer describes this as Fond du Lac Jay Cooke Park Road with St. Louis River. A road was needed to connect the Duluth park system with Jay Cooke. Park. Fond du Lac Park lies between Duluth and Jay Cooke Park. This is an aerial view.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Municipal Nursery land was purchased in 1926. Duluth Parks Superintendent F. Rodney Paine (1889-1968) reported hundreds of thousands of trees started in the nursery were planted in Jay Cooke State Park.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections