Barberry eradication crew, ca. 1930s.The Barberry Eradication Program took advantage of government work relief programs during the era of the Great Depression.
The newly completed Barn Bluff stairway, shown about 1929, provided hikers a safer trail to the summit. Construction for a 1960 highway bridge caused the destruction of this route but many of its stairs were saved. They became a part of a 1983 staircase to the bluff-top.
The original rectangular barn, designed by architect Walter MacLeith. Photograph by Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society, October 23, 2016. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.