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Welcome to the Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail web site. New Email as of 8-13-08 writersrisingup@yahoo.com MEET SOME LOCAL CRITTERS
Write a slithery, slimey, buggy poem and bring it that day... Grand Opening Dedication Poster August 2, 2007 Thanks to the many city representatives for their support .... Our appreciation to the city of Eden Prairie, City Manager Scott Neal, former Eden Prairie Parks and Recreation Director Bob Lambert, former Mayor Nancy Tryra Lukens, former council member Ron Case, Stu Fox, Doug Ernst, the Eden Prairie Parks & Recreation Staff and Kathie Case representing the Eden Prairie Historical Society for their support. Thanks to the many artisans who contributed their talents to the trail project.... Todd Nordquist, Photographer, Sean Jergens, Landscape Architect, Peter, Elizabeth and Doug of Kestrel Design Group, Yago Meyers, Ojibwa Herbalist, Shirley Mah Kooyman, botanist and Educational Coordinator for the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Shelley Getten, artist... The Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail is supported by the Eden Prairie Parks and Recreation Department and approved by the Eden Prairie Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission on December 1, 2003. On December 16, 2003 the Eden Prairie City Council approved the Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail to be installed at the Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area in Eden Prairie, MN. The Eden Prairie School Board gave their approval to the project in 2005. This was a private project to collect private funds for Interpretive Signage in city parkland. The signs were installed in July of 2007 with a grand opening ceremony August 2 2007. The Trail in the News Ellet Interpretive Trail Officially Open, Leah Shaffer, Aug 9, 2007 - Eden Prairie News Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail is signed, dedicated, Lyn Jerde, Eden Prairie Sun-Current - Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007 - Signs help explain ecosystem, history -Star Tribune, July 17, 2007 Eden Prairie News: Signs now are planted along trail, by Stuart Sudak -July 19, 2007 The City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota owes its name to Elizabeth Fries Ellet, the East Coast writer who visited the area in 1852. In her travelogue book, Summer Rambles in the West, Ellet described the Minnesota River Valley which adjoins the current day City of Eden Prairie, as the garden spot of the territory. The celebrated valley of the Minnesota River--called St. Pierre by the French, and until recently, St. Peter's—extends in a general direction from west to east, and, with the country along its tributaries, forms the garden spot of the territory.
Ramblings from the Trail Column as seen in the Eden Prairie News Quarterly The making of the Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail Link to city of Eden Prairie's map of RTA location History, Art, Photographs, Articles, Letters, Botanical, Animal and Insect Credits Business, Community and Web Rebuild Sponsors Sign Sponsors Sign sponsors will be included in the Trail Guide which will be available online at www.efeinterpretivetrail.org, at the Eden Prairie City Center, at sponsoring businesses and online at this site. Artisans of the Trail: More about the photographer who took the species pictures for EFEIT signs, Allen Blake Sheldon. Shelley Getten, bird artist for EFEIT posters and trail guide The EFEIT Signage Project: collaboration of interpretation and design- TRAIL SPONSOR Make checks out to: Contact: Web Galleries Password Required |
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