Talbot Property
The David Talbot family lived in a large ranch home where the current Cobblestone Court Town Homes are located. He excavated the pond for the enjoyment of his children and grandchildren many years prior to the acquisition of the pond and the area north of the pond by the Park District in 1965.
The David Talbot family lived in a large ranch home where the current Cobblestone Court Town Homes are located. He excavated the pond for the enjoyment of his children and grandchildren many years prior to the acquisition of the pond and the area north of the pond by the Park District in 1965.
Talbot Pond
Mr. Talbot raised mink on the portion of the property between his residence and the pond. He had several hundred steel mink cages. In the late 1950’s or early 1960’s, he ceased the operation of his mink farm and sunk the cages in the middle of the pond, creating an island. The steel cages have slowly rusted away and the only reminder of the island is the appearance of water birds as they stand on the remnants of the cages. As of this writing in May, 2021 there is a Blue Heron nest on the cages.
A resident of Cobblestone Court, Ole Ohlson (who owned Ohlson World Travel) borrowed a boat in the early 1980’s and planted a tree on the island. The tree thrived until the island disappeared.
Mink Cage island