10/26/2000: Bassett Creek (Golden Valley)

Join the group for a hike along Bassett Creek. Bassett Creek, flowing through the village area of Golden Valley and the city of Minneapolis, was named for Joel Bean Bassett, an early settler and lumberman, who was born in Wolfborough, N.H., March 17, 1817, and died in Los Angeles, Calif., February 1, 1912. He came to Minnesota in 1849, settling in St. Paul, but soon preempted a tract adjoining the Mississippi in Minneapolis, near the mouth of this creek; removed there in 1852 and afterward engaged in lumbering and flour milling; was a member of the territorial council, 1857; was Indian agent for Minnesota 1865-69.

From Highway 100, north of I-394, take the Duluth Street/Golden Valley Road exit and go east to Bonnie Lane. Turn north (left) by the fire station and go to the end of the street for parking. We will be just west of Theodore Wirth Parkway on Golden Valley Road.

Restaurant (Blue Fox) after the hike for dinner or dessert.

Bassett Creek information

Bassett Creek Park (City of Crystal) Plan

Bassett Creek Tunnel information

Golden Valley History

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