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Wildwood was an amusement park and picnic grounds that existed from 1889 through 1932 on the southeast shore of White Bear Lake in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.[1] The park was built and operated by the Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railroad Company, a subdivision of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, which ran a streetcar line from Mahtomedi to nearby St. Paul.[2] It was the sister park of Big Island Amusement Park on Lake Minnetonka, as both were intended to draw crowds of people to opposite ends of the Minneapolis-St. Paul streetcar system on weekends.[3] Wildwood Amusement Park proved to be more successful than Big Island Amusement Park, which closed in 1911, and lasted until 1932 when financial losses brought about its demise.[4]See also- Big Island Amusement Park
- Twin Cities Rapid Transit
- Trolley park
References1. ^Wildwood Park mnopedia.org. Retrieved 05/14/14.
2. ^Wildwood Park placeography.org. Retrieved 05/14/14.
3. ^Amusement parks of the Twin Cities slphistory.org. Retrieved 05/14/14.
4. ^Washington County Historical Society wchsmn.org. Retrieved 05/14/14.
External links- Photos
- Wildwood Park at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Wildwood Park at the Minnesota Transportation Museum
- Articles
- "Where the children find fresh air", St. Paul Globe, June 26, 1904
- "Remembering Wildwood Amusement Park", StarTribune, April 27, 2012
- "The end of the line: Wildwood Amusement Park", Forgotten Minnesota, June 30, 2011
- The Library Of Congress
- Wildwood Park in Historic American Newspapers
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