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Franconia Sculpture Park was founded in 1996 by a small group of artists including Tasha Hock, John Hock, and Fuller Cowles. The original 16-acre (6.5 ha) park was 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the current location and in 2006 the park moved from its original location to the current 50-acre (20 ha) site.
Some of the main attractions of August fest are the touring headline bands, local bands, family areas with activities for kids, jam sessions all throughout the campground all day and night. The Winter Bluegrass Weekend is usually held in early March and is at the Crowne Plaza in Plymouth, Minnesota. During the festival, they have a youth camp ...
Wild Mountain; Location: Amador Township, Chisago County, Minnesota: Nearest major city: Taylors Falls, Minnesota: Opened: December 1960: Trails: 26: Longest run
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Taylors Falls was platted in 1850 or 1851, and incorporated in 1858. [5] The city was named for Jesse Taylor, a territorial politician. [5] A post office has been in operation in Taylors Falls since 1851. [6] During the logging era, Taylors Falls was the site of numerous log jams, most notably the 1886 St. Croix river log jam, a major tourist ...
Taylors Falls Public Library is a one-story, two-room building measuring 32 feet (9.8 m) long and 14 feet (4.3 m) wide. It is of wood frame construction with clapboard siding on a sandstone foundation. The front door is capped by a Gothic Revival canopy and flanked by Stick-style windows with Eastlake movement decorations.
Shafer was first organized as part of Taylors Falls. In 1853 the town was renamed after a transient farm worker, Jacob Shafer, from Sweden. The Shafer community is proud of its heritage. Throughout the year, events are held in a "town square" type of atmosphere. Shafer is sister city to Nöbbele, Sweden
The Wisconsin park is 1,330 acres (538 ha) and the Minnesota park is 298 acres (121 ha). The towns of Taylors Falls, Minnesota and St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin are adjacent to the park. Interstate Park is within the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway and the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.