Join a guided bike ride along the Casey Jones State Trail in Currie. We’ll explore the fascinating history and prairie landscapes of the Lake Shetek area. This family-friendly ride combines fun, fitness, and storytelling with stops to learn more.
Stops include:
- Trail’s Edge — Rest break + story of teh glaciers and the ancient landscape
- Park Entrance Sign — Early peoples and their relationship to the prairie
- Prairie Reconstruction Site — Native plants, restoration, and ecology
- Shetek Monument — 1860s European settlement and Dakota history
- Shetek Settlement Site — Why people chose to live here
- Lake Overlook by Currie Dam — Water management, settlement, and lake formation
- End-O-Line Railroad Museum — end here with a closing discussion and ice cream social