and Stories of a Community in Minnetonka, Minnesota"
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book was published by the City of Minnetonka Historical Society and written
by Betty Johnson. Betty was just appointed by the City of Minnetonka
to be their official City Historian. The book commemorates
the 150th anniversary of Minnetonka Township’s first settlement, Minnetonka
Mills, on Minnehaha Creek. In 1852, the area was Indian territory,
hilly and not easy to travel through; thick woods were interspersed with
prairies, lakes, streams and marshes. Today, the city of Minnetonka,Minnesota,
is a second ring suburb about ten miles west of downtown Minneapolis, filled
with a variety of residential properties, retailbusinesses (including a
major regional shopping center), industrial parks with offices, warehouses,
manufacturers and service businesses; and lots of open space in parks and
along trails and waterways. But it was quite different in the past.
Stories, photos, and historical information document the changes
from wilderness in The Big Woods to a frontier industrial center to one
of several small towns in a rural farming area to a neighborhood in a thriving
suburb.
The Historical Society anticipates that this will be the first of several books that explores the heritage of Minnetonka.
Here are some selected photographs from the book which you can enlarge.
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