What's in a Name? Mound & the Upper Lake with Jeff Magnuson Monday, May 11, 7pm Back Channel Brewing Co., Spring Park
Learn the origin of the unique names of Lake Minnetonka's Upper Lake - Mound, Coffee, Priest, Navarre - Jeff Magnuson will name names and tell you what you need to know to amaze your friends!
* SOLD OUT! * Historical Trolley Tour of Wayzata Sunday, May 17, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm & 1:45 pm Historic Wayzata Depot, Wayzata
Take a trip back in time during a guided history tour by trolley, led by historians Joanie Holst and Sue Sorrentino and sponsored by the Wayzata Heritage Preservation Board. The trolley will visit some of Wayzata's most historic sites including the Wayzata Depot, the former Arlington Hotel property, "Piety Hill"/"Schoolhouse Hill" and the "Wise House." We'll leave the trolley for a brief walk around the grounds of the long-gone lakeside Arlington House hotel (1880-1890) and will tour the charming, restored and relocated "Wise House" (built 1904).
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