In the 1830s Boston’s American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) made a major Protestant outreach to Native Americans. Ironically, it approved Rev. Jedediah D. Stevens’ plan for a mission with Chief Maȟpíya Wičhášta (Cloudman) and his Ȟeyáta Othuŋwe village (at Bde Maka Ska) after laymen Samuel and Gideon Pond had already begun an independent Dakota mission.
To give us perspective on Stevens and the Pond brothers, Linda Bryan will present a geographic timeline overview of the ABCFM’s various Dakota missions and will compare it to the ABCFM’s Ojibwe missions in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Linda is a former social studies teacher who volunteers at historic sites.
Suggested donation is $5 for non-members of LHHSG. Everyone is welcome.
Since 1883 Cottage City has experienced on-going transition. From the beginning, modest lake cottages built on small lots south of Bde Maka Ska have been replaced by bigger homes. Our tour will recall the initial community and consider the twin impacts of evolving design styles and recent larger-scale buildings.
We will meet at the southeast corner of Thomas Avenue South and West Bde Maka Ska Parkway.
The tour will be held rain or shine — except if an electrical storm is forecasted the morning of the tour.
Suggested donation at the walking tour will be $5 for non-members of LHHSG.
Register for one of the two tours. Attendance is limited to 25.
The tour of Irvine Park, one of St. Paul’s earliest residential neighborhoods, will be led by
Richard Kronick, co-author, with artist Jeanne Kosfeld, of Neighborhood Architecture — Irvine Park, St. Paul: a coloring book. Suggested donation at the walking tour will be $5 for non-members of LHHSG.
An optional lunch follows at Waldmann Brew Pub, St. Paul’s oldest extant commercial building. Registration will be limited to 25 people. Carpooling from Linden Hills will be made available.
How much can a lake and its surroundings change in 180 years? You might be surprised when
you see and hear about this Richfield gem. In this fast-moving PowerPoint presentation, you’ll learn about the years when it became a dry field with trees growing in it, as well as the good times when it was considered one of the best fishing lakes in Southern Hennepin County. Bob has been researching Minneapolis neighborhoods for 50 years, and Richfield history since he moved to the Gramercy Cooperative 12 years ago. Come early and enjoy a stroll through Wood Lake Nature Center. Suggested donation is $5 for non-members of LHHSG. Everyone is welcome.
Early 1900s reflections on Linden Hills by Thimble Bee member Martha Schoonmaker, and her
imagined community of the future in 1925. Based on Schoonmaker’s handwritten transcript.
The Lake Street streetcar line did more to shape south Minneapolis than any other. It crossed every north-south line in the city and created the business districts that remain important to this day. Streetcar historian Aaron Isaacs will take you on a then and now photo tour of Lake Street.
We are in a new era in which any property in the neighborhood is a potential site for new
construction, up to three units per lot. We will view recently-built examples alongside houses from the early 1900s through what was presumed to be the full “build-out” of Linden Hills by the mid-20th century. What has influenced development and how has the neighborhood’s character evolved?
Sign-up for one of the two tours. Attendance is limited to 25 per tour. We will meet at the southwest corner of Vincent Avenue and 44th Street.
Tour will be held rain or shine, except if an electrical storm is forecast.
