Lake District of Minneapolis: History of the Calhoun Isles Community (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)

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Summary: Offers a unique regional history
Review: The Lake District Of Minneapolis: A History Of The Calhoun-Isles Community is the collaborative work of David A. Lanegran (Professor and Chair of Geography, Macalester College) and historian, academician, and former codirector of the Living Historical Museum at Macalester College) offers a unique regional history of one of the most colorful of Minneapolis' distinctive neighborhoods which includes Lowry Hill, Kenwood, Lake of the Isles, and East Calhoun. This is a complete history of the area beginning with the early Native American settlements and the arrival of pioneering missionaries, through the era of the turn-of-the-century grand resorts and the innovation of streetcars; to the park board's remaking of the lakes and the landscape in 1911. Enhanced with superb historical photographs and illustrations, this informed and informative history concludes with historical walking tours of the Lowry Hill, Kenwood, East Lowry Hill, Lake of the Isles, East Calhoun, and Cottage City neighborhoods, The Lake District Of Minneapolis is superbly organized and presented -- and would well serve as a template for other localized and regional histories of American communities elsewhere in the country.