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• Transportation and Tourism <br /> Like many communities in the 1920s,Elk River attempted to <br /> attract new automobile tourists traveling along the Jefferson <br /> Highway. An ambitious project to bring visitors to the Camp <br /> Cozy resort west of Lake Orono was planned by J.B.Jesperson. <br /> The resort owner proposed a winding canal,locks,and bridges <br /> as well as gardens and a golf course on a 500-acre parcel. <br /> Cottages as well as permanent residences were also planned 5° <br /> At least a portion of the original design was completed. <br /> Preservation Planning Summary: <br /> Transportation <br /> Inventoried Resources <br /> Transportation has played a critical role in the development of <br /> Elk River,but few historic properties remain. Several <br /> transportation-related structures such as the Elk River Depot <br /> were included in previous inventories,but appear to have been <br /> subsequently razed.All of the historic bridges have been <br /> removed,with the Elk River Bridge of 1919 replaced with a <br /> new structure in 1993-4. The Babcock Memorial was <br /> inventoried as part of the Minnesota Roadside Structures <br /> Inventory conducted in 1996. <br /> Recommendation(s) <br /> • 1.Interpretation of the role of early routes and roads through <br /> Elk River should be considered as part of new downtown <br /> development. <br /> • <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts Study Draft 5/2002 <br /> 21 <br />