Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Minnehaha, Falls of

MINNEHAHA, FALLS OF, the name given to a beautiful cascade in the Minnehaha river near Minneapolis, Minn., the word Minnehaha meaning in the Indian language “Laughing Water.” The cascade falls 60 feet into a most picturesque glen which opens on the Mississippi river. Longfellow has immortalized the name.

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