02277nam 2200541 450 991081356240332120230803210441.01-4529-4247-1(CKB)3710000000290999(EBL)1872389(SSID)ssj0001380961(PQKBManifestationID)11769367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001380961(PQKBWorkID)11392904(PQKB)10029207(MiAaPQ)EBC1872389(OCoLC)893632523(MdBmJHUP)muse42924(Au-PeEL)EBL1872389(CaPaEBR)ebr10991554(CaONFJC)MIL665253(EXLCZ)99371000000029099920140806h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBy the waters of Minnetonka /Eric DregniMinneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-8315-8 1-322-33971-6 Includes bibliographical references."Big water" -- The settlers settle -- Harvesting the lake -- Hotels and high rollers -- Enter the trolleys -- Hitting the water -- Work hard, play harder.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 thMinnetonka, Lake, Region (Minn.)History977.6/57Dregni Eric1968-1612767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813562403321By the waters of Minnetonka4053802UNINA