Skyline Parkway

18,000 years ago when the Laurentide Ice Sheet began to retreat it eventually created the shoreline and Glacial Lake Duluth.

Rogers was a businessman and graduate of Harvard Law School who first arrived in Duluth in 1870.

[3] The road slowly began to crawl west, but construction was difficult due to the terrain and rock.

By 1892, the Boulevard ran 5 miles (8.0 km) from Chester Bowl to Lincoln Park.

[3] In 1904, construction started to expand Rogers Boulevard past Lincoln Park.

[3] In 1899, future Duluth mayor Samuel F. Snively began work on his own scenic byway.

Snively contacted many Duluthians like Chester Congdon and G.G Hartley to help finance the road.

[3] After difficulty maintaining the road and wooden bridges, Snively approached the park board for assistance.

In 1910, the board gained control of the road, and it would eventually be added to the city parkway system.

"[7] This is a section near Proctor, Minnesota, that extends from Thompson Hill to Becks Road.