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33 Friends of the Mississippi River Camp Cozy Park NRMP <br />Historical and Existing Land Use <br /> <br />Records of historical land use are lacking, but some evidence exists that this site may have been <br />used in prior to European colonization. Aside from the site’s obvious importance on a major <br />river, the site is located in proximity to a number of other sites where evidence of Indigenous <br />activity was found. Quartz flakes and projectile points have been found in and around Elk River. <br /> <br />In the 1938 aerial photos, agricultural fields dominated the landscape around the site, and <br />many farms occurred where they do not today. For example, the agricultural fields east of the <br />property are now in residential use. North and east of the property, the city of Elk River looked <br />much as it does today, though with fewer houses and other structures. The major streets <br />throughout the area, including Highway 10, were all present in 1938. New road construction <br />occurred when developing the neighborhoods to the east. By 1953, a number of houses were <br />beginning to be constructed east of the property, with accelerated development occurring <br />between the 1957 and 2003. The aerial photo from 2010 (Figure 13) shows a dramatic increase <br />in residential housing having replaced the agricultural fields. <br />