Point Douglas Road and Burns
This file appears in: Past Matron's Grove
View from east of the Indian Mounds Park. Saloon at 1347 Burns (left). The Matrons Grove of the Order of Eastern Star was created in a section of the Municipal Forest, a short hike south of where today's Burns Avenue and Point Douglas road come together in an area once referred to as "Six Corners" because of the earlier intersection of three roads.
Date: 1942
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Past Matron's Grove
Past Matron's Grove
Inside of the municipal forest is an almost forgotten historical remnant. Its first mention appeared in the St. Paul Park Department records at the turn of the last century: “The grove will be known…
