34th and the Parkway Then and Now
I took this picture with my feet firmly planted in the Keewaydin Neighborhood side of 34th Avenue South. It looks like the original photo was taken from the Minnehaha side of the street, but I try and stay out of that neighborhood. Keewaydin is located on the south side of the city, from Minnehaha Parkway [...]
How to Pronounce Hiawatha
Craigie House Cambridge November 12, 1897 Messers Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Dear Sirs, The pronounciation used by my father was “He-awa-tha” the accent on the first syllable being slighter than on the “wa.” The “a” soundd like “a” in “mar”, not “war”, as sometimes used. I should be glad to have this impressed on the [...]
The Hiawatha Club House Then and Now
Work on the Hiawtaha Golf Course began in 1931 after the dredging of the Lake Hiawatah was completed. The final touch to the new golf course was a clubhouse constructed in 1932. The new course was the only profitable course operated by the park board. While waiting to build the Hiawatha course, the park board [...]
Lake Hiawatha Sunset
The park board’s first interest in Lake hiawatha was to get rid of it. In 1891 the park board was intent on ensuring the flow of water in Minnehaha Creek so there would be water over Minnehaha Falls during the 1892 Republican Party Convention to be held in the city. The consensus was that the [...]
Zombie Dogs at the Purina Mill
If for some reason Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe have any objections to the use of their sacred spring and ancient burial ground as the setting for a low budget zombie movie or if the appropriate permits can not be obtained from the Department of the interior for filming on the old U.S. Bureau of Mines [...]
