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Dregni Eric <1968-> |
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By the waters of Minnetonka / / Eric Dregni |
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Minnetonka, Lake, Region (Minn.) History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"Big water" -- The settlers settle -- Harvesting the lake -- Hotels and high rollers -- Enter the trolleys -- Hitting the water -- Work hard, play harder. |
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Lake Minnetonka is renowned for its natural beauty as well as the prominent people it has attracted to its shores as a historic site of grand hotels, steamboats, and wealthy visitors from around the world, and as the home of the legendary Excelsior Amusement Park. But did you know that early European settlers to the region faced conditions so dire that they named an outlet of the lake "Purgatory Creek"? Or that a ginseng boom brought slaves to Wayzata to harvest the plant's roots? Many know that Frank Lloyd Wright designed famous homes around the lake, but few are aware he was also arrested th |
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