It's a breathtaking place today, and it's been a showplace here since before white people discovered it--(c'mon, we don't know that Native Americans took visitors there, but people are people. They probably did, too).
These first two photos were taken in the 1890s.
During the summer, depending on how much water was in the watershed that year, Minnehaha could be a torrent or a relative trickle....
...but when it became a FROZEN waterfall, it was even more spectacular and thrilling somehow, as well as more difficult to go see.
Today, the falls are easily accessible--theres a lovely park and spacious parking lot just above and to the right of where these pictures were taken.
This description is from the 1894 "Official Northern Pacific Guide", with a flowery quote from Harpers Magazine. Back then, you had to want to go see it--check that last pararaph. So, what made me post about Minnehaha? Yesterday, I visited my daughter and her husband (and my wonderful grandaughter) who live within a mile of the falls. And, I was reminded of it this week again when I checked a blog called TwistedSifter, where I found this "Behind the frozen falls" photo on Saturday:
(Old photos found on Minnesota Reflections, and NP Guide found on Archive.org).
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