Spring/Summer 2019 Parks and Recreation Activities Brochure

"WE WERE STRONG!”MORE WOMEN IN EARLY SHAKOPEE Ten more women in early Shakopee and their impact on the community will be discussed. Some include: Black Flute Lucy Otherday, Ruth Gardner, Hopstina Makaakaniwankewin, Winona Nancy McClure Faribault Huggan, Ellen Marie Oleson Jorgenson, Isabel David Higbee, Mazasnawin Iron Woman Rosalie Frenere Mooers, Marilyn Laddusaw Lang and Alice Briggs (whose spirit still lingers in downtown Shakopee). HISTORY OF SHAKOPEE SERIES Presented David R. Schleper, Shakopee Heritage Society "WE WERE HERE, TOO!" AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY SHAKOPEE In the 19th century, several African Americans who lived in Shakopee will be discussed. Some include: farmer and laborer, Dan Eddings; baseball player, Billy Williams; Joseph Godfrey, who was enslaved and escaped from the area later called Shakopee; Joseph Graham, who was a carriage driver for Dr. Fischer; and a servant, Alice Briggs, whose spirit still lingers in downtown Shakopee. Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues April 9 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 409 Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 2 CATAWAMBLI AND THE DAKOTA ALPHABET: THE STORY OF REVEREND SAMUEL W. POND Rev. Samuel W. Pond, who moved to Prairieville (later Shakopee) in 1847, according to Gary Clayton Anderson, “knew more about the Dakota than any other white person in the mid-nineteen centuries. He spoke their language more fluently, and he was an especially keen observer of Dakota economic, social, and religious institutions.” Learn about Cata Wambli and the documentation of the written Dakota language. Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues May 7 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 507 Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 30 Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues March 12 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 312 Registration deadline: Tuesday, March 5

IT HAPPENED HERE IN 1851 AT HOLMES’ LANDING When Thomas A. Holmes andWilliam Louis Quinn arrived in the area called Holmes’ Landing (later called Shakopee), the area was called Tiŋta-otoŋwe, a village of 600 Dakota Indians. Learn about the white people who moved into the area over the next few years, and the Indians who were already here for 175 years before the white people arrived.

ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS

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Cost Code

Tues

June 11 1 -2 p.m.

Free CD 611

Registration deadline: Tuesday, June 4

“AINT’WE GOT FUN?!" ENTERTAINMENT IN EARLY SHAKOPEE For many years, the street fairs, circus, opera house, theater, swimming and fishing in lakes and rivers, Stagecoach, swimming pool, puppet shows, Valleyfair, The Landing and more, made Shakopee THE place to be for fun. Learn about ALL the entertainment in Shakopee over the last 150 years.

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Tues July 9

1 -2 p.m.

Free CD 709

Registration deadline: Tuesday, July 2

“WE WERE SMART!” EVEN MORE WOMEN IN EARLY SHAKOPEE There were many fascinating women in early Shakopee, including Pelagie Eliza Faribault Menaige, Na-he-no- Wanah (Spirit of the Moon) Prescott, Elizabeth K. Ries, Isla Lindmeyer, Dr. Lizette Schmitz Entrup, Ida Gjerdrum Buck, Sarah-Irene Faribault, Rose Ann Spencer Spencer, and Katherine Seibenaler Marschall. These women, along with others, will be discussed. MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MYSTERY IN EARLY SHAKOPEE From the bank shooting in 1929 to murders in 1890; from robbing the dead in 1883 to infanticide in 1869; from the man who had two wives in 1879, to the man killed at the water tower in 1985; from the 30 infants and children killed during a whooping cough epidemic to the brothel in Shakopee…this presentation will focus on some of the murder, mayhem, and mystery in early Shakopee. Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues Aug. 6 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 806 Registration deadline: Tuesday, July 30

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Cost Code

Tues Sept. 10 1 -2 p.m.

Free CD 910

Registration deadline: Tuesday, Sept. 3

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