When Lake Harriet Wasn’t Good Enough
Here’s a 1907 map of planned park improvements around Lake Harriet including boat landing, bathing beach, bathhouses, rose garden, picnic grove, tree, shrub and flower garden, trolley station, and paths. Theodore Wirth thought Harriet’s shoreline was a little too monotonous and dreamed of adding a peninsula on the lake near the Beard Plaisance on [...]
Hepsy Hearts Harriet Island
Name: Hepsibah Ohage Age: 123 Neighborhood: Saint Paul’s West Side Swimming Hole: Harriet Island Quote: “ I have to get down to the island pretty early, but the elephants swim whenever they want because they always have trunks with them.” Harriet Island’s beach, pools, bathing pavilions and showers were once popular destinations [...]
