HISTORIC STRAIT HOUSE PICNIC
Boom town to ghost town - A Scott County MN 150th Event

Gather up the family, pack your favorite picnic food and join in the fun. Visit an 1857 house that is the only remaining building of the ghost town of St. Lawrence. Bring a picnic, explore the house and join in on historic games, a puppet show and walking tour. Take part in a full day of activities to celebrate Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial at the historic Strait House.

The Samuel B. Strait house is all that remains of the once-promising town of St. Lawrence. Founded in the mid-1850s, the town was a busy stagecoach and steamboat stop on the Minnesota River until 1866, when it was bypassed by the railroad. St. Lawrence was eventually abandoned in 1869. Its history lives on, as told in displays in the Strait House.

- Picnic and parking at the Trail Head
- Horse-drawn trolley will shuttle people from the picnic area to the Strait house beginning at 10a.m. (last shuttle leaves picnic area at 1:30 p.m.). Trolley is handicap accessible.
- Puppet Show at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
- Naturalist led walks at 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.
- Historic Samuel B. Strait house open for tours 10am – 2pm
- And More!

Location: Minnesota Valley State Park Trail Head Take HWY 169 to Jordan, at the traffic light turn North onto County Road 9, turn left onto Township Road 57.

Fee: All activities FREE, MN State parking permit required $5. (Beverages available at a small cost – fundraiser for Scott County Historical Society)

For more information call: (952) 492-6400.