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  2. Hiawatha and Minnehaha - Wikipedia

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    Hiawatha and Minnehaha is a sculpture by Jacob Fjelde that has stood in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis since the early twentieth century. Now a popular fixture of the park, its placement there was originally controversial. [1] In 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a book-length poem entitled The Song of Hiawatha.

  3. Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis) - Wikipedia

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    Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and home to Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek.Officially named Minnehaha Regional Park, it is part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board system and lies within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service.

  4. Jacob Fjelde - Wikipedia

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    The statue was created for the Columbian Exposition in 1893 and permanently erected in 1912. Another, in Loring Park in Minneapolis, is of Norwegian violin virtuoso Ole Bull was cast in 1897, a year after Fjelde's death.

  5. John H. Stevens - Wikipedia

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    Stevens during his time on the Minnesota Legislature. Statue of John H. Stevens by Johannes Gelert in Minnehaha Park. John Harrington Stevens (June 13, 1820 – May 28, 1900) was the first authorized colonial resident on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  6. List of public art in Minneapolis - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of public art in Minneapolis, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures ...

  7. Teamsters and striking park workers to commemorate 90th ... - AOL

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    Union activists will gather Saturday in the Wabun Picnic Area of Minnehaha Regional Park to commemorate the 1934 Minneapolis Truckers Strike, a bloody, three-month clash between the Teamsters ...

  8. Cottontail on the Trail - Wikipedia

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    Cottontail on the Trail (nicknamed the "Minnehaha Bunny") is a bronze sculpture in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The piece was commissioned as part of the city's Art in Public Places program and was designed by sculptor Jeff Barber of Cannon Falls, Minnesota .

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin ...

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    Hennepin County. Father Louis Hennepin was the first European explorer to visit and name Saint Anthony Falls, the tallest waterfall on the Mississippi River, in 1680.While the falls were familiar to the Ojibwe and Sioux Indians who lived in the area, Father Hennepin spread word of the falls when he returned to France in 1683.