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The 1920s signaled the ead of the railroad era and beginning of the automobile era. The Leech Lake <br /> Trail was improved as Highway 3�1, connecting Pequot's lakes to Brainerd and the Twin Cities. <br /> Automobile travel alang this highway spurr�d major growth in resorts and lake home development in <br /> Pequot Lakes from 1924 to 1970. Approximately 88 percent of the total seasonal and permanent lake <br /> homes(including resorts)in Pequot Lakes were built over the cfl�se of that time(Table 1),essentially <br /> privatizing the lakeshores and bottling them off from the public.In 1940,the Village of Pequot changed <br /> its name to Pequot Lakes as a symbol of the imgortance of its lakes and resort business. <br /> In 2002,the City of Pequot L�akes merged with the surrounding Sbley Townslrip to form a combined, <br /> greater Pequot Lakes. In the near decade since the merger, approaches that were separate <br /> —such as land use regulation— have b�n blended while others— such as the Parks Committee and <br /> Economic Development Committee—are new entities created by the merged City.This plan builds on <br /> the work that has be�n done by public o�icials and active citizens,both prior ta the merger and after. <br /> Table 1:Number of Seasonal and Permanent Lakeshore Homes on Lakes Near <br /> Highway 371(Resorts Count as Fiae Homes) <br /> Lake 1924 (End of 19b5(End of %Built in <br /> Ra�lraad Era) Automobile Era) Auto Era <br /> Nisswa 29 58 67% <br /> Lower Cullen 20 93 82°� <br /> Middle Cullen S 88 92°k <br /> U Cullert 1 14 93% <br /> East Twin 2 38 95% <br /> Mayo 1 30 97% <br /> Sible 2 69 97%a <br /> U Hay 2 107 98°!0 <br /> Total 65 497 88°/u <br /> (Source:Psor.ess of Ierkeshore Deaelopmerit in Gow Sing County,George Orning's Iviasters Thesis) <br /> Comprehensive Plan Update—February 2013 5 � P a g e <br />