{"product_id":"when-minnehaha-flowed-with-whiskey-a-spirited-history-of-the-falls-9781681342269","title":"When Minnehaha Flowed with Whiskey: A Spirited History of the Falls","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe lost history of Minnehaha Falls--featuring dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits, and plenty of whiskey.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinnehaha Falls in Minneapolis has been a much-loved place for a very long time. Native people visited the Falls for millennia before 1855, when Longfellow's \u003ci\u003eSong of Hiawatha\u003c\/i\u003e put its \"laughing waters\" into the American imagination. Tourists from the cities in the East soon began arriving on new railroads to view its picturesque loveliness. And Minnehaha Regional Park is still a favorite place for walking, biking, and glorying in the sights and sounds of the famous waterfall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut from the 1880s until at least 1912, Minnehaha Falls was a scene of surprising mayhem. The waterfall was privately owned from the 1850s through 1889, and entrepreneurs made money from hotels and concessions. Even after the area became a city park, shady operators set up at its borders and corrupt police ran \"security.\" Drinking, carousing, sideshows, dances that attracted unescorted women, and general rowdiness reigned--to the dismay of the neighbors. By 1900, social reformers began to redeem Minnehaha Park. During the struggle for control, the self-indulgent goings-on there became more public and harder to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaren E. Cooper here tells the astonishing stories of the time when Minneapolitans went to the Falls to turn a profit and raise a little ruckus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen E. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681342269","brand":"Minnesota Historical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707447840905,"sku":"9781681342269","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_31a8c04b-0f62-42d2-931e-5bae8683ab0c.jpg?v=1719486218","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/when-minnehaha-flowed-with-whiskey-a-spirited-history-of-the-falls-9781681342269","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}