Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2020.25.1540Description
Circa 1910
BEAN LAKE
US Highway 45
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Circa 1910
BEAN LAKE
US Highway 45
This lake was formed in 1850 when the Missouri river changed it course
It was named at that time Short Creek Lake
In the 1870s the bean shaped lake was renamed Bean Lake
Bean Lake was once a very popular swimming and boating area
The lake has a surface of 400 acres
Bean Lake is 30 miles south of St Joseph on US Highway 45
Photo - 1945 aerial view of Bean Lake
