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Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and home to Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek.Officially named Minnehaha Regional Park, it is part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board system and lies within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service.
Site of the 53-foot (16 m) Minnehaha Falls, Minnehaha Park is one of the city's oldest and most popular parks, receiving over 850,000 visitors each year. [7] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow named Hiawatha's wife Minnehaha for the Minneapolis waterfall in The Song of Hiawatha , a bestselling and often-parodied 19th century poem.
Coldwater Spring is located on the west bluffs of the Mississippi River directly south of Minnehaha Park and adjacent to Fort Snelling State Park. Waters from the naturally occurring spring flow continuously year round and remain unfrozen in winter months.
In 1982 it was moved to its present location in Minnehaha Park. [8] [6] The home is part of the Minnehaha Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The house was a museum, with tours available on summer weekends. [9] The house was placed under the jurisdiction of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation ...
Some facilities at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis were temporarily closed Thursday due to a power outage. Outages from an intense thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon continue to impact about 3,200 ...
Owned and operated by Minneapolis, Minnehaha State Park was ultimately absorbed as a city park. [4]: 3 Minnesota tried again in 1891, authorizing a state park around Lake Itasca both for its recreational opportunities and to protect the source of the Mississippi River. Interstate Park on the St. Croix River was created in 1895. Other sites were ...
Minnehaha Park is a historic city park on the shores of the Mississippi River that includes picnic areas, trails, sculpture and the 53 foot falls. An old snack shack in the Minnehaha Pavilion is located here. Minnehaha Recording Company is a recording studio built into a 1939 Phillips 66 Gas Station on Minnehaha Avenue and 45th Street.
Minnehaha Falls, located in Hiawatha along the Mississippi River. Significant locations in Hiawatha include: Minnehaha Regional Park, a MPRB property featuring Minnehaha Falls, the restaurant Sea Salt, and the Minnehaha Dog Park, [5] designated as the Minnehaha Historic District [6] Hiawatha Elementary School, [7] a K-2 public school