The Development of Minnehaha Creek
We’re grateful to have another round of blog posts written by student volunteers through Wayzata High School’s Club Y.E.S. program. This week’s post is by Harshita Rai. Minnesotans have treasured and enjoyed the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District’s water sources for decades. These water sources served as major transportation corridors as well as food and water sources for early settlements. In 1822, 17-year-old Joseph Renshaw Brown, set out from Minnehaha Falls, now part of Minnehaha Regional Park, in quest of the…