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MNDOT HISTORIC ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT SH-ERC-028 <br />STRUCTURES INVENTORY CS 7101 <br />Babcock Memorial Park <br />^ OTHER COMMENTS <br />This property may require further evaluation for potential archaeological resources. <br />T.H. 10 is fairly busy past this site but the site is below the elevation of, and some distance <br />from, the roadway. <br />The stone picnic tables at Babcock match those at four other parks that were inventoried: <br />Blazer Park, Graeser Park, Lilac Park, and St. Louis Park R.P.A. (all on T.H. 100 west of <br />Minneapolis). <br />This portion of T.H. 10 has been designated part of the Great River Road. <br />^ REFERENCES <br />Anderson, Rolf T. "Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1941." National Register <br />of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. Oct. 9, 1990; amended Aug. 30, <br />1993. <br />Annual Report of the Accomplishments of Roadside Development Along the Trunk Highways <br />in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1938. <br />Astrup, Joni. "Charles Babcock: Solving Local Road Problem Leads to Career Developing <br />Highway System." Sherburne County Star News, Sept. 24, 1985. <br />"Babcock Native of Sherburne County." Sherburne County Star News, July 23, 1931. <br />Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Highways of Minnesota From July >, 1946 to June <br />30, 1948. Published Dec. 1, 1948. <br />Blegen, Theodore C. Minnesota: A History of the State. Minneapolis: University of <br />Minnesota Press, 1975. <br />Bloomberg, Britta L. (MHS). Letter to Allyson Brooks (Mn/DOT). Apr. 27, 1998. <br />"Charles M. Babcock Road Commissioner. Governor Burnquist Appointed Local Man to Newly <br />Created State Office Last Week." Sherburne County Star News, April 15, 1917. <br />Clark, James W. "We Owe Our Roads to Charlie Babcock." Minneapo/is Tribune, undated <br />clipping. <br />".Develop Babcock Memorial Park here as National Youth Project." Sherburne County Star <br />News, Jan. 20, 1938. <br />Final Report Nationa/ Youth Administration for the State of Minnesota: Sept. 9935 to July <br />9943. U.S. National Youth Administration, Minnesota, 1943. <br />"Former Governor Christianson Eulogizes Memory of Babcock." Sherburne County Star News, <br />Nov. 6, 1947. <br />6 <br />