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Cataract: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 6:19pm.
Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota, circa 1905. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Minnehaha Sings
Submitted by willc on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 2:27pm.
Not only Dvorak. My pop-infused memory immediately brought up Fanny Brice's 1921 recording of her Ziegfeld Follies song "I'm An Indian," with music by Leo Edwards and lyrics by Blanche Merrill. Brice's lead-in dialog begins, "I'm Minnehaha." "Minnie who?" "Minnehaha!" "Ha-haaaa!" For those truly curious, the recording is here.
Dvorak
Submitted by flingclooten on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 1:47am.
Apparently Antonin Dvorak was inspired to write his "New World" Symphony and other works after seeing Minnehaha Falls.
Watch yer step
Submitted by Histry2 on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 9:13pm.
The old ranger in me is worried about that unsupported stanchion and missing sections of railing.
Also, it seems to be a bit of pavement has gone astray. Where's the yellow Caution tape? That last step's a doozy.
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