Wildwood Amusement Park

[5] As part of a nationwide education movement known as Chautauqua, the Assembly built a tabernacle in Mahtomedi on the southeast side of White Bear Lake for lecture series, correspondence courses, and other events and meetings intended for adult education.

[5] Wildwood had already become a popular spot for picnickers, but didn’t yet feature the amusement park and its rides and other attractions.

[1] The Wildwood Amusement Park was located on the southern shore of White Bear Lake,[5] on the border of Mahtomedi and nearby Birchwood.

[6] Once called the "Coney Island of St. Paul,"[7] the Wildwood Park featured numerous attractions.

[5] Additional activities included orchestral concerts, free dancing lessons, boating, bowling, a carousel, fishing, a penny arcade, a shooting gallery, playgrounds, a postal photo gallery, swings, ball-throwing games, and a twenty-five cent motorboat trip around White Bear Lake.