196 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
DARTT’S PARK AT OWATONNA. 
A new institution has been added to the list of Owatonna’s attractions. 
On the banks of Maple Creek, at a point some distance above the Mineral 
Springs avenue bridge, has been laid out a park-like resort, which a consid- 
erable number of both young and old persons may be found enjoying on any 
pleasant day. This place is called by the unpretentious name of “Dartt’s 
Park.” It is located on property owned by E. H. S. Dartt, and the im- 
provements and conveniences of the resort have been provided by Mr. Dartt. 
A VIEW IN DARTT’S PARK. 
Mr. Dartt has constructed two dams in the creek, which at one place main- 
tain the water at such a depth as to make a pleasant and safe place for bath- 
ing and swimming. On the banks near this “swimming hole” he has erected 
two enclosures to serve as bath houses, one for each sex. From within them 
daily come forth lads and lasses attired in various sorts of bathing suits, and 
disport in the waters of what has been jokingly named “Lake Dartt.” Mr. 
Dartt has also provided rafts and foot bridges, and the place is reached by 
a roadway over the upper dam. There are also a shed in which to tie horses, 
and a well, sixty-nine feet deep, which supplies excellent water. Benches 
and tables for picnic parties stand about the grounds. 
The plot at present includes about thirty acres of land. Mr. Dartt is 
planning to build another dam lower down, which will give the park a still 
larger water area. He has other improvements also in mind, among them some 
to be made on the bath-houses, which are at present in a crude condition, 
though they serve the purpose well, and no one complains. 
