The following marker at Peterson Park, Cokato, Minnesota, was dedicated June 12, 1938, to commemorate the day 300 years earlier when a ship landed at the mouth of the Delaware River, bringing the first Swedish and Finnish settlers to America.

1638                             1938

THIS TREE DEDICATED TO THE

FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS

IN MEMORY OF THE

FINNISH AND SWEDISH PIONEERS

WHO TOGETHER ESTABLISHED THE

FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THE

DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY IN THE YEAR 1638.

THIS MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE VILLAGE OF COKATO, FRENCH LAKE,   DASSEL, KINGSTON, MINNESOTA, AND OFFICALLY DEDICATED ON THE OCCASION OF THE AMERICAN FINNISH DELAWARE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION HELD HERE ON JUNE 12, 1938.