This is a view into Leif Erikson Park from London Road over the railroad tracks that separate the street from the park. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Aerial view of the Duluth Zoo at Fairmount Park at 71st Avenue West and Grand Avenue dates back to 1923 when West Duluth businessman Bert Onsgard received permission from the City to construct a pen for Billy, his pet deer. The Pittsburgh Steel Company donated a railroad car full of fencing to the project. By 1926 many animals were donated to the zoo by local citizens and businesses. Over the next twenty years, several buildings were constructed and the animal collection grew to include bears, elk, moose, hyenas, leopards and an elephant. During the Depression the WPA built several structures including the bear dens, wolf pens, monkey islands and the elephant house.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Published fourteenth annual report of the Forestry Commissioner (formerly Chief Fire Warden) with special emphasis on summarizing 1908 fires, fire prevention, and reforestation needs.
Master plan for the Lake Elmo Regional Park Reserve in Washington County. In 1970 the Washington County Board of Commissioners formally approved a park at Lake Elmo. This report summarized the next important steps in the realization and development of this unique 2,400 acre Regional Park Reserve in Washington County.
Published eleventh annual report of the Forestry Commissioner (formerly Chief Fire Warden) with special emphasis on summarizing 1905 fires, fire prevention, and reforestation needs.
Published thirteenth annual report of the Forestry Commissioner (formerly Chief Fire Warden) with special emphasis on summarizing 1907 fires, fire prevention, and reforestation needs.
Annual reports of the Commission of Fisheries made to Governor Lucius F. Hubbard. Includes a discussion of the exhibit of native Minnesota fishes created for the World's New Orleans Exposition (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884), and its eventual placement at the state hatchery. Also contains the background and design of the United States Hatchery at Duluth, Minnesota, and the formation of the Duluth Fishery Association, the distribution of fish stocked throughout the state, and annual expenditures of the Commission. Two reports are included regarding the preservation of fish.
Annual reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission made to Governor Lucius F. Hubbard. Includes general overview of fisheries program, distribution of fish stocked in the state and annual expenditures. Includes special Supplemental Report; ""Carp and Carp Culture"" by Milton P. Peirce, Pennsylvania, State Board of Agriculture.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Biennial report of the State Game and Fish Commissioner made to Governor J. A. O. Preus. The back cover holds a fold out document of State Game Refuges consisting of a map of the state and descriptions of individual sites. The commissioner provides a summary of law enforcement, hunting and trapping, predatory animal and bird control, account of forestry, drainage and pollution, reports of game refuges and fish refuges. He also submits reports on the distribution of fish stocked throughout the state, condition of hatcheries, fish surveys, a financial report of the department, inventory of state property, and recommended projects for the future. Additional special reports include a commercial fishing summary by Albert C. Klancke of the Bureau of Commercial fishing, �Game Propagation� by Frank D. Blair and �Minnesota state fisheries at Redby� by S. A. Selvog. Finally, the Item provides a lengthy exclusive treatise by Thaddeus Surber: �The Root River drainage basin, southeastern Minnesota� which includes illustrations, diagrams, and a fold out map of the scientific investigations.
Annual report of the State Fish Commissioners made to Governor John S. Pillsbury. Reports species and location of fry (young fish) distributed within the state, and annual expenditures of the Commissioners. Also included is the request and validation for funding to build state fish hatcheries.
Biennial Report of the Minnesota Department of Conservation made to Governor Floyd B. Olson. Includes commissioner's report, reports of the divisions of Drainage and Waters, Forestry, Game and Fish, and Lands and Minerals. Includes several foldout maps, charts and diagrams. Also submitted is an organizational chart of the department.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Annual reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission made to Governor John S. Pillsbury. Includes general overview of fisheries program, distribution of fish stocked in the state, and annual expenditures.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Published first annual report of the Chief Fire Warden with special emphasis on summarizing 1895 fires, formation of the fire warden program, fire prevention, and reforestation needs.
Annual report of the State Fish Commissioners made to Governor John S. Pillsbury. Commissioners report species and location of fry (young fish) distributed within the state, and annual expenditures of the Commissioners. The report relates the selection of Willowbrook as the location of the first state fish hatchery, and a description of its design and construction. This includes an inventory of state property in the Commission's possession, most of which is located at Willowbrook.