This bell was purchased by the students of District 33 in 1889 for the original wooden school building located at the northeast corner of County Road C and Highway 61. The bell was housed in a wooden cupola much like the one that now shelters . . . — — Map (db m304389) HM
You are standing at the turntable of the St. Paul & Duluth Roundhouse.
Round and Round They Go
A roundhouse, or engine house, is named for its distinctive shape and used for repairing and storing locomotives. Turntables allowed for efficient . . . — — Map (db m137787) HM
Lake Phalen has long been a magnet for people looking for a place to gather and connect with nature. As early as 1879, the Phalen Chain of Lakes was advertised as a resort area with excellent boating, fishing and hunting opportunities. The park was . . . — — Map (db m135563) HM
The intersection of Phalen Creek and the Frost Avenue Bridge is indicative of constructed change for social, economic, and recreational activity over the years. The waterways in this area that connect Gervais Lake, Keller Lake, and Lake Phalen have . . . — — Map (db m135839) HM
This landscape has changed many times over the 12,000 years since the glaciers. A thousand years after the glaciers retreated spruce forests dominated, with mastodons and other mega fauna common.
As time passed the climate warmed drying the . . . — — Map (db m138004) HM
Minnesota has some of the most interesting geological history found anywhere on Earth. Depending on where you stand in the state you can see rock formed 3.6 billion years ago and then exposed during the last ice age.
The bedrock soils beneath . . . — — Map (db m137788) HM
Looking at this preserve it is hard to imagine the shrill sounds, bustling Shops, and iron horses built and maintained here well over 100 years ago.
Native Americans traveled through and used this landscape for thousands of years before . . . — — Map (db m137697) HM
This waterfall was originally constructed in the 1950's as a way to replenish the receding water level in Lake Phalen. Water was drawn from a well at the top of the falls which then flowed over a stone wall into the lake. Operation of the . . . — — Map (db m135561) HM
Established in 1893 on the grounds of the county almshouse and poor farm, the Ramsey County Cemetery was a "Potter's Field" for indigent persons, the homeless, and patients at Ancker Hospital who died without friends or relatives to pay funeral . . . — — Map (db m137610) HM
In 2014 returning Gladstone Savanna to its pre-settlement open grassland began in earnest. 1) Brush and selected trees were removed. 2) Portions of the site were capped with two to three feet of soil to diminish the effects of industry . . . — — Map (db m253481) HM
The Gladstone Shops were completed in 1888 at over one quarter of a million dollars. An orderly array of rail lines marched across the site paralleling fuel and raw material sheds, maintenance shops, a well, 1800 feet of sewer and a 100-foot . . . — — Map (db m212610) HM
Urban development has greatly increased stormwater runoff in our communities. Although ancient civilizations understood the need for sewer systems to collect and carry rainwater, 19th and early 20th century city planning was often unconcerned . . . — — Map (db m253544) HM
The well at the Gladstone Shops was crucial for site operation. The Shops used between 80,000 and 100,000 gallons of water per day. Without water the Shops and the locomotives they built and maintained would have come to a standstill. Water was used . . . — — Map (db m212724) HM
