Minneapolis Public Schools

The lost history of Minnehaha Falls includes dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits and whiskey. Join historian Karen Cooper for a 1-mile walk as she tours the places in Minnehaha Park where all this mayhem occurred a hundred years ago. Crooks, landowners, saloon owners, and hoteliers went to the Falls to turn a profit or to raise a little ruckus. The conflict between moral upright society and the dissipated partiers at the Falls is a fascinating and forgotten story. Presented in collaboration with the Hennepin History Museum. Meet at the Falls. Pay lots available on Minnehaha Parkway.

Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood just east of downtown Minneapolis, has been a major entry-point for newcomers to Minnesota for over 160 years. This area is part of Mni Sota Makoce, the historic homeland of the Dakota people who moved through to hunt, fish and tap the maple trees that once grew along the Mississippi River. Since its origins, Cedar-Riverside has long been one of the city’s most densely populated and diverse neighborhoods playing host to an extraordinary flow of migrants, immigrants, refugees, students, activists and other newcomers. This history of diversity is what makes the neighborhood a unique place to live, work and learn. This tour will introduce you to some of the people, places, and institutions that shaped the history of immigration, urban change, and diversity in Cedar-Riverside. Join historian Andy Wilhide creator of this tour for Augsburg University's 150th anniversary, members of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque and Trinitry Luthran communities as we learn of the past and explore Little Somalia of today.

Historian Jacqui deVries will lead a 2-mile walking tour of women’s suffrages sites in downtown Minneapolis. Walk in the footsteps of local activists and reformers of a century ago. You will see glimpses of their world, their challenges, and their values. You will also explore how the suffrage movement fell short in the quest for full inclusivity. Presented in collaboration with the Hennepin History Museum. Meet at the Mary Tyler Moore statue at 700 Nicollet Mall. Masks are required for everyone except the presenter. We ask participants to maintain 6 feet of distance between households.