The lake district of Minneapolis
Subtitle: a history of the Calhoun-Isles community
By: David A. Lanegran and Ernest R. Sandeen ; with the assistance of Bonnie Richter, Valerie Stetson, and Barbara Young.
Contributors: Sandeen, Ernest Robert, 1931-
Edition: 1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Series: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Minneapolis (Minn.) -- History.; Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Tours.
Genres: Tours.
Description: "David A. Lanegran and Ernest R. Sandeen give us the history of Minneapolis's lake district, which includes Lowry Hill, Kenwood, Lake of the Isles, and East Calhoun, from Native American villages and pioneering missionaries, through the era of the grand resort and the coming of the streetcars, to the park board's remaking of the lakes and the landscape in 1911. With many photographs and illustrations, the book concludes with historical neighborhood walking tours."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: St. Paul : Living Historical Museum, c1979. With new pref.