Robert Fischer (1862-1943) was a Park Board commissioner, a policeman, a poet, and a patent medicine maker who lived his adult life within a few blocks from Minnehaha Falls. He also made over 45,000 sand art creations using the colored sands of Minnehaha Park. Historian Karen Cooper, owner of the leading collection of Minnehaha historical artifacts, including many examples of Fischer’s sand art, will unravel the intricacies of his complicated life and explain the origins and techniques of sand art souvenirs. Register online or call 612.668.4828.
