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By the waters of Minnetonka / / Eric Dregni



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Autore: Dregni Eric <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: By the waters of Minnetonka / / Eric Dregni Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
Disciplina: 977.6/57
Soggetto geografico: Minnetonka, Lake, Region (Minn.) History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: "Big water" -- The settlers settle -- Harvesting the lake -- Hotels and high rollers -- Enter the trolleys -- Hitting the water -- Work hard, play harder.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: By the waters of Minnetonka  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4529-4247-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787257503321
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