Children at Railroad Island

ID: 1058
This file appears in: Railroad Island

Date: Approximately 1940-49

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Railroad Island

By Steve Trimble
Benjamin Brunson, a surveyor of Saint Paul in 1847, planned Brunson’s Addition in what is now lower Payne Avenue. The neighborhood had pleasing views of Trout Brook, Phalen Creek and downtown, because…