One special place that never gets mentioned in noteable ghost towns is Swede Hollow on the lower east side of Saint Paul. It was a dump inhabited by Italians, blacks, and Jews until being declared a health hazard in the mid-fifties, and is well documented. It is now a county park, but before it got popular from the park system, a buddy and I found a sabre sword, coins, foundations, and all kinds of goodies. I wish there was more info on this location.
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If you want a peice of fruit from the tree, you don't ask, you just gotta' go up there and pluck it.
Nature Explorer,
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Besides the information given here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swede_Hollow
and the additional information contained within the references given at the bottom of that source site, what specific information do you seek?
Don.......
It would be nice to find a plat map of this area around the 1880's or so. It seems to me this area is bigger than just what the park encompasses.
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.
If you want a peice of fruit from the tree, you don't ask, you just gotta' go up there and pluck it.
As is noted in the reference below, unlike the residential areas surrounding it, the Hollow was not divided into a regular grid pattern of streets and alleys. In fact, the one street in the Hollow was much more like a country lane, meandering along the side of the creek. The steep valley walls prevented the laying out of neat town lots as in the rest of the city. Check out Illustrations #4, #5 and #6, in particular.
Source: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...b1DmMvlVtEUXNQ
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