May 28, 2015: Central Park Hike (Roseville)

Join the hiking group for a hike around the varied lakes, woodlands and wetlands of Central Park in Roseville.

Roseville, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, and part of St. Paul originally were Rose Township. Roseville was settled by farmers in the 1840s. In the spring of 1843, Stephen Desnoyer settled with his family in Rose Township. Later that year, Isaac Rose and his family, arriving by boat from Illinois, settled near Desnoyer. In 1849, Heman and Jane Gibbs settled at the present-day corner of Cleveland and Larpenteur in the newly-named Ramsey County and and Minnesota Territory. In 1850, the federal government ordered a land survey, Isaac Rose was the surveyor, and the township in which he lived received his name. The population of the township in 1860 was 499, and by 1880, it had risen to 877. Early immigrants to the area moved from the eastern United States, Germany, Prussia, Ireland, Canada, and Norway. Central Park is the largest park in Roseville.

Directions: From State Highway 36 (which is an east/west highway located due north of the St. Paul Midway district), take Lexington Avenue north approximately 1/4 mile to County Road B2. Turn east (right) on County Road B2 and proceed east ½ mile to Victoria Street. Turn north (left) on Victoria Street and proceed ¼ mile to the park. There will be ball fields to the east (right) and a large parking lot to the west (left). We will meet in the large parking lot to the west.

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