Parks, Trails & Recreation Master Plan

south of 101. These panels are part of the Pathways of Shakopee project, each one illustrating and explaining a specific topic of the City’s history. These topics range from historical figures important to the City’s history, how people used the river to travel, how prohibition impacted the City, where and what Tinta Otonwe was, and more. Additional panels are being planned for placement in the park and potentially other parts of the City. On the south side of Highway 101, the mouth of Faribault Springs (Wakanhdi Topa Wiwi) is situated aside the remnant foundation of Reverend Samuel W. Pond’s original Mission house, built in 1847. The timber frame of the house was razed in 1907, and the foundation has remained untouched since then, now with a Pathways of Shakopee sign demarcating its existence for those curious enough to wander this side of the park. On the other side of the mouth of the spring, the parcel of land where the former location of Oliver Faribault’s trading cabin once stood is now owned by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and is another likely burial site of indigenous peoples.

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