Minnehaha, Colorado Explained

Pushpin Map:Colorado#United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Colorado
Subdivision Name2:El Paso
Elevation Ft:8347
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:193440

Minnehaha is an unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado,[1] [2] and a siding of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. It is named for a character in The Song of Hiawatha.

History

It was once a community of rustic summer homes, and the home of the Pikes Peak Alpine Laboratory, a botanical research station founded by Frederic and Edith Clements.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minnehaha Populated Place Profile. HTL, Inc. 10 May 2012.
  2. Web site: Minnehaha, United States. Information Technology Associates. 10 May 2012.
  3. Book: Wiatrowski, Claude. Railroads of Colorado : your guide to Colorado's historic trains and railway sites. Voyageur Press. 2002. 9780896585911.