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1. History of Wabasha County, Minnesota Snowmobile Trails

Creator:
Howatt, Marvin, 1941-
Description:
Marvin Howatt (1941-), of the Cliff and Coulee Climbers Club, presents the history of snowmobiling in Lake City and Wabasha County, Minnesota. Marvin also discusses snowmobile registration, grant-in-aid funding, trail building, landowner permits, landowner liability, trail signage, trail maintenance, and trail maps.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Harbor and Fishing Pontoon at Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Simons, Ben, 1912-1995
Description:
Bernard "Ben" Simons (1912-1995) discusses the fishing barge at Lake City, Minnesota. He also discusses being the Lake City harbormaster, replacing the fishing barge, excursion boats, recent development of Lake City, the ice skating rink, Vietnamese fishers, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's visit to Lake City.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Blaine Baesler (1920-2015), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Baesler, Blaine, 1920-2015
Description:
Blaine Baesler (1920-2015), a three-sport player in high school, including making All Conference as a football player, discusses growing up and playing football, basketball, and baseball in Lake City, Minnesota, and ice boating on Lake Pepin. He also discusses how his father, a harness maker, helped Ralph Samuelson, the inventor of waterskiing, experiment with making straps for water skis.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Interview with Jim Stubstad (1922-2011), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Stubstad, Jim, 1922-2011
Description:
Jim Stubstad (1922-2011) describes the development of Central Point in Lake City, and his life on Lake Pepin. He discusses his career in the US Navy and in rocket science, and boating, ice boating, boat building, sailing, and climbing Maiden Rock at Lake Pepin. He mentions the Sea Wing Disaster, water pollution, Zump Adolph's popcorn stand, the Old Goats Club, and renovation of the Lake City State Bank clock.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Dock Station, ticket booth and ferris wheel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
Dock Station, ticket booth, and the ferris wheel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Big Island Park boat landing and entrance, view from the peristyle, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Big Island's boat landing, with a steamboat approaching the dock, is viewed from within one of the peristyle arches.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. Man standing on platform, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1931
Description:
A man standing on a platform with a megaphone at the Excelsior Amusement Park. The roller coaster is visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Highcroft Gardens on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
Formal flower gardens at Highcroft overlook Lake Minnetonka. This was the home of the Peavey grain milling family in Ferndale. House was razed in the early 1950s.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

9. Causeway, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927
Description:
A view of the causeway looking north to Solberg Point on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Dock Station and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
Panoramic view of Dock Station, and the roller coaster from the railroad platform at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

11. Minnetonka Yacht Club from a distance, Deephaven, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904 - 1910
Description:
Minnetonka Yacht Club's clubhouse appears to be floating in Lake Minnetonka, color added.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

12. Fred Pearce driving miniature train, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947
Description:
Amusement park owner, Fred Pearce, drives on the first trip for the park's second miniature train at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Oscar V. Babcock on bicycle loop-the-loop, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1931
Description:
Oscar V. Babcock pushing his bicycle up the loop-the-loop at the start of a performance at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. People looking at hydroplane, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
View of a crowd looking at the hydroplane after it landed at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Roller coaster construction, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923 - 1925
Description:
Bird's eye view of the third section of roller coaster construction at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Spring Park Casino and Dancing Pavilion, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
This rectangular building with a wall of windows on all four sides was located next to the Hotel Del Otero, on the shore of Lake Minnetonka in Spring Park, postmarked 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

17. Pleasure Park at Hotel Del Otero on Lake Minnetonka, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
The Pleasure Park at the Hotel Del Otero includes tennis court and croquet lawn, as well as swings and benches, color added, postmarked 1910. The printed message reads: Minnetonka is a Sioux word for "big waters;" here was the scene of Hiawatha's wooing, and out of the lake flows the stream on which is located the beautiful falls of Minnehaha--"laughing water"--made famous by Longfellow.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. Aerial view of the park, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925
Description:
Aerial view of the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Map of Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota 1892

Date Created:
1892
Description:
Copy of 1892 map of Lake Minnetonka area shows names of property owners, bays and railroad lines, as well as the elevation of the lake, and the latitude and longitude of the Lafayette Hotel. The inset depicts the Twin Cities from Lake Minnetonka to Ramsey and Dakota Counties. This map was printed with compliments of the Del-O Cafe, Pat and Evelyn Kullberg, Spring Park, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

20. A restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
A room filled with rattan and wooden rocking chairs, with many windows, table lamps, and fireplace create a restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Empty lot where park will be built, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 - 1923
Description:
A panoramic view of the empty lot where Excelsior Amusement Park will be built.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

22. Sailboating on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1940
Description:
Sailboats round a buoy on Lake Minnetonka, one named the Arabis.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. Penny arcade and popcorn stand, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929-05-05
Description:
An exterior view of the penny arcade behind a popcorn stand at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Tilt-A-Whirl, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Bird's eye view of the Tilt-A-Whirl at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Janette Merrill Park on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Side view of a cottage on Lake Minnetonka adjoining Janette Merrill Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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