Jay Cooke State Park and the CCC | Prairie Mosaic Shorts

Learn about Jay Cooke State Park, located in Carleton, Minnesota, just south of Duluth. First created in 1915, it remained a wilderness area with a single road until the 1930s. During the New Deal era, the federal Civilian Conservation Corps built many of the amenities still in use today, including trails, buildings, roads, and a swinging bridge. The park’s storied history includes the Ojibwe people, an ever-changing terrain, and the only restaurant built by the CCC in the state.