Goat cart and children on "Railroad Island"
This file appears in: Railroad Island
Pictured from left to right: Mary Richie, Carmel Richie, Bernice Richie, Frank Richie, and Richard Richie
Date: Approximately 1905
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Railroad Island
Railroad Island
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…