I-Minnehaha Park isemaphethelweni aseMisissippi, ezungeze iMinnehaha Creek, i-Mississippi ne-Minnehaha Falls. Ukuwa sekuyisikhathi eside isayithi elibalulekile kubantu baseDakota basekhaya. I-Minnehaha isho ukuthi "amanzi awela" eDakota, hhayi "ukuhleka amanzi" njengoba kuvame ukuhunyushwa.
Abahlali abamhlophe bathola ukuwa cishe ngo-1820, kungakabiphi ngemuva kokufika eMinnesota. I-Minnehaha Falls iseduze kakhulu noMfula i-Mississippi, futhi kungamakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka Fort Fortelling, enye yezindawo zokuqala ezihlala abahlali esifundeni.
Kwakhiwa umshini omncane emanzini ase-1850, kepha iMinnehaha Falls inamandla kakhulu kunaseSt. Anthony Falls eMississippi futhi ngokushesha umshini ushiywe.
Ukuwa kwakuzoba indawo yokuvakasha ngemuva kokushicilelwa inkondlo ye-epic Song of Hiawatha nguHenry Wadsworth Longfellow ngo-1855. Longfellow akazange avakashele ukuwa komuntu siqu, kodwa waphefumulelwa imisebenzi yabafundi bemasiko aseMelika namazwe ukuwa.
Umuzi waseMinneapolis uthenge umhlaba ngo-1889 ukwenza indawo ibe yindawo epaki yedolobha. Ipaki liye laba ukukhanga okuthandwa kakhulu kwabakhileyo kanye nabavakashi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
I Geology of Minnehaha
Amapulazi aseMinnehaha aneminyaka engaba ngu-10 000 kuphela ubudala, encane kakhulu ngesikhathi sokuphila. I-St. Anthony Falls, manje engaba amakhilomitha ayisithupha edlula edolobheni laseMinneapolis, yayivame ukuhlala ngaphansi kwe-confluence ye-Mississippi ne-Minnehaha Creek. Njengoba iSt. Anthony Falls yaqeda umbhede womfula, ukuwa kwehla kwahamba kancane kancane.
Lapho ukuwa kufike futhi kudlulisa umfula i-Minnehaha, imvula yamanzi eyakhiwe emfuleni, futhi amandla wamanzi ashintsha indlela yomfula kanye nomfula. Manje ingxenye yomfula i-Minnehaha emkhatsini wezintaba kanye ne-Mississippi igeleza emgodini omdala waseMississippi, kanti iMississippi inqume inkambo entsha.
I-plaque esendaweni yokubuka e-Minnehaha Falls ine incazelo ejulile ngokwengeziwe ye geology yokuwa kanye nebalazwe lezwe le ndawo.
Ukuthi I-Tall Imaphi Amafulethi?
I-Minnhaha Falls iphakeme ngamamitha angu-53. Imvula yamanzi ibonakala iphakeme, ikakhulukazi lapho ibhekwa kusukela esisekelweni!
Izinyathelo, ukugcina izindonga kanye nebhuloho ezungeze ukuwa, ukuvumela ukutholakala phansi kokuwa.
Ukuwa kuhamba kakhulu ngemuva kwemvula enzima. Ukuwa kwehla kancane futhi ngezinye izikhathi kuyomile emva kwezinsuku ezomile eside ehlobo.
Ebusika obusika, ukuwa kungabanda, kudala udonga oluqhakazile lweqhwa. Izinyathelo ezansi phansi kwelawa zingaba yiqhwa kakhulu futhi zikhohlise ebusika, futhi zivaliwe kuze kube yilapho iqhwa lithenga.
Izithombe eziqoshiwe ePark
Ipaki iqukethe izithombe eziningana. Okuyaziwa kakhulu yi-Jakob Fjelde obhedu obukhulu bomzimba weHiawatha noMinnehaha, abalingiswa abavela ku -Song of Hiawatha. Isithombe se-sculpture sisesiqhingini emfuleni, indlela encane ngaphezu kwalawa.
I-mask ye-Chief Little Crow itholakala eduze kwewa. Induna yabulawa empini ye-Dakota ngo-1862. Indawo yesithombe isendaweni engcwele kubantu baseMelika baseMelika.
Imisebenzi eMinnehaha Park
Ipaki inezintafula zepikinikini, indawo yokudlala, kanye nepaki ye-off-leash yenja.
Ikampani eqashisayo yebhayisikili isebenza emanzini ehlobo ezinyangeni zasehlobo.
Izindawo zegadi ezintathu zisepaki. I-Pergola Garden ibheke amaphuzu futhi iyindawo ethandwayo yomshado.
Kukhona indawo yokudlela yasolwandle kanye ne-bandstand epaki, kokubili evuliwe ehlobo.
Ukufika Lapho
I-Minnehaha Park isendaweni ye-Hiawatha Avenue ne-Minnehaha Parkway, emabhange aseMississippi, eMinneapolis. Leli paki liwela ngaphesheya komfula kusukela endaweni yasePolhland Park yaseSt. Paul.
Ukupaka kunqunyelwe kumamitha wokupaka noma ukupaka okukhethiwe, futhi imali yokupaka iyasebenza.
Izitimela zeHiawatha Light Rail Line zimisa e-50th Street / Minnehaha Park, ukuhamba okufutshane kusuka epaki.
Njalo ngonyaka, isigamu sezigidi zivakashela iMinnehaha Park, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi umatasa ikakhulukazi ngezimpelasonto zasehlobo.