Welcome to Friendship Friday.... I am back on Lake Minnetonka sharing one of our vintage Lake Minnetonka post cards.
This post card is of the Steamers Stillwater and Como at Excelsior Dock, Excelsior Minnesota
The first white man to see Lake Minnetonka was Joseph H. Brown, who in 1822 paddled in a canoe up Minnehaha Creek to the lake from the Falls, a distance of 25 miles. The Indians called the lake Minnetonka ( Big Water) and it is well named as its total area is 13824 acres.
We bought this at a flea market years ago. It is unused and in very good condition.
I hope that you enjoy my Friendship Friday Post card. Take some time and visit the other Friendship Friday posters at http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/10/catacombs-of-paris-postcard-friday-43.html
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That's a great card!
ReplyDeleteIt must have been an amazing sight, that first time in 1822.
ReplyDeletevery nice card!
ReplyDeleteGREAT Vintage image!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card. I love the way the vintage cards are tinted. Lovely! Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, and Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteWow--well I have to admit I'm envious! This is a wonderful historic postcard--thank you SO much for sharing this with us!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great card. Always nice to view a card of local interest; I first lived in White Bear Lake, MN. I didn't know there'd been steamers on that lake.
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