A Raucous Ramble Around Minnehaha Falls

4800 South Minnehaha Drive,Minneapolis MN 55417

15 May, 2021

Description

Join historian Karen Cooper for a tour of the dance halls, secret saloons, and wild behavior found in Minnehaha Park a century ago. The lost history of Minnehaha Falls includes dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits and whiskey. Historian Karen Cooper will lead you on a 1 mile walk as she tours the places in Minnehaha Park where all this mayhem occurred one hundred years ago. Crooks, landowners, saloon owners, and hoteliers went to the Falls to turn a profit or to raise a little ruckus. The conflict between moral upright society and the dissipated partiers at the Falls is a fascinating and forgotten story. This in-person walking tour is limited to 15 participants, along with two guides and two HHM staff members. Masks are required for everyone except the presenters. We ask that participants maintain 6 feet of social distance between households. Please register in advance.