Cassie’s Canoe on Carson’s Bay
Name: Cassie Johnson Age: Not telling! Neighborhood: Deep Haven Swimming Hole: Nocomo Beach on Carson’s Bay Quote: “Never canoodle a stranger in a canoe” After Deephaven was settled in the mid-1850′s, Carson’s Bay was named for Kit Carson’s brother Elijah. After the opening of the St. Louis hotel in the 1880′s the bay became a [...]
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 [...]
Unclothed on Christmas Lake
Names: Lydia, Florence, Gladys, Hazel, Mildred Ages: 127, 128, 126, 127, 128 Neighborhood: Excelsior Swimming Hole: Christmas Lake Quote: “We will quote JohnDonne and say; Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be To taste whole joys.”
Harriet on Halstead’s Bay
Name: Harriet Tarleton Age: 146 Neighborhood:Minnetrista Swimming Hole: Halstead’s Bay Quote: “I simply can’t understand why swimsuits are in such demand! They’re soggy and damp, bind like a clamp and hold about three pounds of sand!” Halsted’s Bay is the western most bay of Lake Minetonka. It’s named for the settler Frank W. Halsted,who migrated [...]
Birch Pond
“Beyond the Loring Cascade, an artificial waterfall, the parkway divides the right fork leads around Birch Pond, the left fork passes a plainly marked footpath leading to the Eloise Butler Native Plant Reserve. Here are most of the native wild flowers and plants of the state, the city’s oldest white oak (700 years), as [...]
