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Gateway State Trail

Gateway State Trail, St. Paul. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, June 11, 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Afton State Park

Beach in Afton State Park. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, September 15, 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riverside trail in William O’Brien State Park

View of the St. Croix River from the Riverside Trail in William O’Brien State Park. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morgan, Samuel Huntington (1911–2000)

Samuel Huntington Morgan was a long-time attorney regarded as a champion of Minnesota's outdoors. His advocacy efforts helped create, preserve, or expand many of the state's most popular open spaces, including Fort Snelling State Park, Lilydale Regional Park, Afton State Park, and the Gateway State Trail.

Root River limestone bluff, Preston, Minnesota

Root River and bluff in Preston, Minnesota. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder, May 27, 2006. GNU free documentation license.

Limestone Bluff, Olmsted County Park, Simpson MN

Limestone bluff along the north branch of the Root River

Bluff seen from the north branch of the Root River in Olmsted County Park, south of Simpson, Minnesota. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder, 2017. GNU free documentation license.

Mystery Cave

Mystery Cave passageway at Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, an example of caves formed from having karst topography. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 27, 2013. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Root River

A view of a bridge spanning the Root River in Fillmore County, Minnesota, ca. 1940. Limestone bluffs are visible above the river and bridge.

Root River Valley

Highway 9 in the Root River Valley showcasing limestone bluffs outside of Lanesboro in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Photograph by Mathias O. Bue, ca. 1930.

Lynch Creek

Limestone bluffs along Lynch Creek southeast of Chatfield in Fillmore County, Minnesota, ca. 1900.

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