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 Missing Island
Here’s a map of planned park improvements around Lake Nokomis including boat landing, bathing beach, bathhouse, and paths. When the land was purchased in 1907, the lake had an average depth of 5 feet. Much of it was actually marshland and drainage area for the neighborhood. Theodore Wirth’s 1910 improvement plan of Lake Nokomis [...]
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 [...]
