Parks, Trails & Recreation Master Plan

TOP LEFT: RIVERBOAT TRAFFIC DOCKED AT THE LEWIS STREET SWING BRIDGEWAS AN EXCITING EVENT FOR SHAKOPEE RESIDENTS DURING THEYHEYDAYOFRIVERBOATS (IMAGECOURTESYSHAKOPEEHERITAGE SOCIETY) TOP RIGHT: SHAKOPEE RESIDENTS FISHING AND ENJOYING THE RIVERFRONT CA. 1909 (IMAGE COURTESY BRIDGEHUNTER.COM) LEFT: 1937 AERIAL OF THE DOWNTOWN SHAKOPEE RIVERFRONT FEATURINGTHEEXTENTSANDORIENTATIONOFDOWNTOWNALONGTHE RIVER, THE LEWIS STREET SWING BRIDGE AND THE HOLMES STREET BRIDGE, AND AGRICULTURE ALONGTHE RIVERFRONTTOTHE EAST OF DOWNTOWN. MEMORIAL PARK HAS NOT BEEN DEDICATEDYET, AND THE AREA THAT IS NOW THE LANDING AT THIS TIME WAS HOST TO A “HOOVERVILLE”, A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE GREAT DEPRESSION. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AERIAL WAS TAKEN,THESE BUILDINGSWERETRANSITIONEDTOANATIONALYOUTH ASSOCIATIONCAMPGROUND.THOUGHTHIS ENCAMPMENTDIDLIKELY IMPACTALARGEAMOUNTOFBURIALMOUNDS, IT IS LIKELYTHATMANY OFTHE BURIALMOUNDSAROUNDMEMORIAL PARKANDTHE LANDING ARE STILL IN TACT AT THE TIME OF THIS IMAGE, AS MAJOR INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURETHOROUGHFARESHAVENOTBEENDEVELOPED YET.(IMAGECOURTESYUNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAHISTORICALAERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION ANDHISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM SCOT T COUNTY HISTORY BLOG)

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