Original Land Survey
The
mid-1800's
Original
1848
Land
Surveys show a very different landscape than what we see today. The first one in
1848
did
not
show
West
of
the
Mississippi River, but does show the location of the St. Anthony Falls and the Sacred Spirit Island.
The next 30 years would then be
spent platting the land West and south of the river. In these surveys we can see what the original landscape looked like: prairies, farm fields, ponds and roads.
The
original
plat
lines
would
eventually develop into Nicollet Avenue and Lake Street. The winding dirt roads would be replaced with pavement and align to the Jeffersonian Grid. And what was lightly wooded rolling hills, would be chopped down and brought to the
river
for
milling.
What
would
remain is a graded landscape ready for
Whittier
neighborhoods, parks, and industry.
Prarie
W.Phillips
Lake Street
Farm Fields Orignial Dirt Roads Today's Roads Today's Neighborhoods Kmart Site
8
Lyndale Nicollet Ave
Ponds
Central
